dái mít

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

  • (North Central Vietnam) đái mít

Etymology

From dái (“fruit”) +‎ mít (“jackfruit”). The first element is an unetymological spelling of giái and doesn't actually mean "testicle", although admittedly had been contaminated to a great extant, compare dái tai.

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [zaːj˧˦ mit̚˧˦]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [jaːj˨˩˦ mit̚˦˧˥]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [jaːj˦˥ mɨt̚˦˥]

Noun

(classifier cái) dái mít

  1. young male jackfruit
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