gà đồng

Vietnamese

Etymology

gà (“chicken”) +‎ đồng (“field”). Compare Chinese 田雞 / 田鸡 (tiánjī) and English mountain chicken.

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ɣaː˨˩ ʔɗəwŋ͡m˨˩]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ɣaː˦˩ ʔɗəwŋ͡m˦˩]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ɣaː˨˩ ʔɗəwŋ͡m˨˩]

Noun

gà đồng

  1. (informal) frog, especially the edible frog
    Synonym: ếch
  2. watercock (Gallicrex cinerea)
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