chợ búa

Vietnamese

Etymology

From chợ (“market”) + búa, a non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 府 (SV: phủ) (Haudricourt, 1954).

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕəː˧˨ʔ ʔɓuə˧˦]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕəː˨˩ʔ ʔɓuə˨˩˦]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [cəː˨˩˨ ʔɓuə˦˥]

Noun

chợ búa

market (generally speaking)

Further reading

Búa trong "chợ búa" vẫn là bà con với "phố"

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