đồng rêu

Vietnamese

Etymology

đồng (“field”) +‎ rêu (“moss”).

In the sense of "tundra", calque of Chinese 苔原 (đài nguyên).

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɗəwŋ͡m˨˩ zew˧˧]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɗəwŋ͡m˦˩ ʐew˧˧]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʔɗəwŋ͡m˨˩ ɹew˧˧]

Noun

(classifier cánh) đồng rêu

  1. (literally) a moss field
  2. (geography, uncommon) tundra
    Synonyms: đài nguyên, lãnh nguyên
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