đom đóm
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Vietnamese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Reduplication of đóm. Compare bươm bướm (“butterfly”) < bướm, nhền nhện (“spider”) < nhện.
Unlike the mentioned cases, the root *đóm is not in use as a free morpheme.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɗɔm˧˧ ʔɗɔm˧˦]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɗɔm˧˧ ʔɗɔm˦˧˥]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [ʔɗɔm˧˧ ʔɗɔm˦˥]
Noun[edit]
(classifier con) đom đóm
- a firefly