hôn thê
Vietnamese
Etymology
Clipping of vị hôn thê, with vị (“not yet”, unproductive Chinese prefix) being misinterpreted as vị (formal classifier for people).
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [hon˧˧ tʰe˧˧]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [hoŋ˧˧ tʰej˧˧]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [hoŋ˧˧ tʰej˧˧]
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