báu vật

Vietnamese

Etymology

An anagram of vật báu due to influence of bảo vật, therefore effectively its misconstruction formed with a non-Sino-Vietnamese syllable and a Sino-Vietnamese one in a Sino-Vietnamese manner, and a non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 寶物 (“treasure”, SV: bảo vật). Compare goá phụ, cách mạng, sinh mạng, công bằng, phép thuật and words derived from chúa.

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɓaw˧˦ vət̚˧˨ʔ]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɓaw˨˩˦ vək̚˨˩ʔ]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʔɓa(ː)w˦˥ vək̚˨˩˨] ~ [ʔɓa(ː)w˦˥ jək̚˨˩˨]

Noun

báu vật

  1. (informal, proscribed) alternative form of bảo vật (“valuable object”)
  2. misconstruction of bảo vật
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