da-ua

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from French yaourt. The use of the letter d only reflects a southern accent, and even then some yogurt vendors may prefer the letter y, or even the English word yogurt altogether. In textbooks, d is typically used to transcribed the sound /z/ (reflecting a northern accent), so a textbook transcription for this word would be *i-a-ua instead.

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [zaː˧˧ ʔuə˧˧]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [jaː˧˧ ʔuə˧˧]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [jaː˧˧ ʔuə˧˧]
  • Phonetic spelling: da ua

Noun

da ua

  1. yoghurt
    Synonym: sữa chua
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