gà lôi

Vietnamese

Etymology

The second element has a cognate in Tho [Cuối Tân Hợp] klol³⁵ (Nguyễn Hữu Hoành et al., 2022).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

(classifier con) lôi

  1. certain species of pheasants
  2. wild turkey

See also