đom đóm

Vietnamese

Etymology

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

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɗɔm˧˧ ʔɗɔm˧˦]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɗɔm˧˧ ʔɗɔm˦˧˥]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ʔɗɔm˧˧ ʔɗɔm˦˥]

Noun

(classifier con) đom đóm

a firefly

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