cà chua

Vietnamese

Etymology

cà (“any plant in the family Solanaceae except potato and chili peppers”) +‎ chua (“sour”). Semantically, compare Burmese ခရမ်းချဉ် (hka.ram:hkyany).

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [kaː˨˩ t͡ɕuə˧˧]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [kaː˦˩ t͡ɕuə˧˧]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [kaː˨˩ cuə˧˧]

Noun

(classifier cây, trái, quả) cà chua

  1. tomato

Derived terms

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