cá đao

Vietnamese

Etymology

From cá (“fish”) +‎ đao (“blade”). Sense 1 and 2 allude to these fishes' large and distinctive appendages that resemble a blade. Sense 3 and 4 stem from the fact that these fishes' bauplans are slender and elongated, much like a blade.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

(classifier con) cá đao • (个/𩵜 + 刀)

  1. sawfish
  2. swordfish
    Synonym: cá kiếm
  3. wolf herring
    Synonyms: cá lanh, cá rựa, cá bẹ, cá đé
  4. certain species of cutlassfish (esp. Trichiurus lepturus)
    Synonym: cá hố
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