bão táp

Vietnamese

Etymology

Hypercorrected from earlier bão tát, attested in dictionaries like the Dictionarium latino-anamiticum (1838) and Đại Nam quấc âm tự vị (1895), likely under the contamination of táp.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɓaːw˦ˀ˥ taːp̚˧˦]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɓaːw˧˨ taːp̚˦˧˥]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ʔɓaːw˨˩˦ taːp̚˦˥]

Noun

bão táp

1. violent storm; typhoon; tornado; hurricane