bão táp

Vietnamese

Etymology

Hypercorrected from earlier bão tát, attested in dictionaries like the Dictionarium latino-anamiticum (1838) and Đại Nam quấc âm tự vị (1895), likely under the contamination of táp.

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɓaːw˦ˀ˥ taːp̚˧˦]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɓaːw˧˨ taːp̚˦˧˥]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʔɓaːw˨˩˦ taːp̚˦˥]

Noun

bão táp

  1. violent storm; typhoon; tornado; hurricane
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