cự đà

Vietnamese

Etymology

Related to kì đà.

They might both originate from earlier *k-daː, but while kì đà simply preserved the presyllable, cự đà likely got influenced by 巨 (cự, “huge, big”).

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [kɨ˧˨ʔ ʔɗaː˨˩]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [kɨ˨˩ʔ ʔɗaː˦˩]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [kɨ˨˩˨ ʔɗaː˨˩]

Noun

(classifier con) cự đà

  1. iguana
    Synonym: kì nhông
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