chù vù

Vietnamese

Etymology

ch- reduplication of vù.

The root is rarely or no longer found in isolation, but it remains in sưng vù; its alternative form phù (“to swell”) is still a free morpheme, as well as in derivates like phù nề and phập phù.

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [t͡ɕu˨˩ vu˨˩]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [t͡ɕʊw˦˩ vʊw˦˩]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [cʊw˨˩ vʊw˨˩] ~ [cʊw˨˩ jʊw˨˩]

Adverb

chù vù

  1. (of a bump) swellingly
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