sếu

See also: seu, SEU, seü, and se'u

Vietnamese

Etymology

Compare Khmer ក្រៀល (kriəl, “sarus crane”), Mon ကြေဲ (krea, “sarus crane”).

Probably originally imitative, compare Latin grūs, Yakut туруйа (turuya), Japanese 鶴 (tsuru).

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [sew˧˦]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [ʂew˨˩˦] ~ [sew˨˩˦]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ʂew˦˥] ~ [sew˦˥]

Noun

(classifier con) sếu • (鶮, 𫛎)

crane (bird)

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