đầu lâu

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 頭 (“head”) and 髏, probably corrupted from Chinese 髑髏 / 髑髅 (độc lâu, “dead skull”).

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɗəw˨˩ ləw˧˧]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɗəw˦˩ ləw˧˧]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʔɗəw˨˩ ləw˧˧]

Noun

đầu lâu

  1. (colloquial) a skull of a dead vertebrate

Synonyms

  • sọ, hộp sọ (refers to dead or alive skulls, from a scientific point of view)
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