Vietnamese
Etymology
From Proto-Vietic *pɨəwʔ (“goiter; goitre”); cognates include Muong pưởu.
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɓiəw˧˦]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɓɨəw˨˩˦]
- (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʔɓɨəw˦˥]
Noun
(classifier cái, cục) bướu • (報, 𱱟)
- (anatomy) gizzard
- (pathology) goiter; goitre
- (of a camel) hump
Derived terms