bạch tuộc

Vietnamese

Etymology

Probably a non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 八足 (“eight feet”, SV: bát túc) or non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 百足 (“one hundred feet”, SV: bách túc). The first is more biologically likely but the second is more phonologically sound.

Pronunciation
  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɓajk̟̚˧˨ʔ tuək̚˧˨ʔ]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɓat̚˨˩ʔ tuək̚˨˩ʔ]
  • (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [ʔɓat̚˨˩˨ tuək̚˨˩˨]

Noun

(classifier con) bạch tuộc

  1. (zoology) an octopus (mollusc)
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