hôn thê

Vietnamese

Etymology

Clipping of vị hôn thê, with vị (“not yet”, unproductive Chinese prefix) being misinterpreted as vị (formal classifier for people).

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [hon˧˧ tʰe˧˧]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [hoŋ˧˧ tʰej˧˧]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [hoŋ˧˧ tʰej˧˧]

Noun

hôn thê

  1. misconstruction of vị hôn thê (“fiancée”)
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