goá phụ

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 寡婦 (SV: quả phụ), with a Sino-Vietnamese element being replaced by its non-Sino-Vietnamese equivalent. Compare kết cuộc, thượng tầng.

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ɣwaː˧˦ fu˧˨ʔ]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ɣwaː˨˩˦ fʊw˨˩ʔ]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ɣwaː˦˥ fʊw˨˩˨]

Noun

goá phụ

  1. a widowed woman
    Synonym: quả phụ
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