cự đà

Vietnamese

Etymology

Related to kì đà.

They might both originate from earlier *k-daː, but while kì đà simply preserved the presyllable, cự đà likely got influenced by 巨 (cự, “huge, big”).

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [kɨ˧˨ʔ ʔɗaː˨˩]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [kɨ˨˩ʔ ʔɗaː˦˩]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [kɨ˨˩˨ ʔɗaː˨˩]

Noun

(classifier con) cự đà

iguana
Synonym: kỳ nhông

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