khăn piêu

Vietnamese

Etymology

khăn (“turban”) +‎ piêu. The second element is an unadapted borrowing from Tày.

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [xan˧˧ piəw˧˧]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [kʰaŋ˧˧ piw˧˧] ~ [xaŋ˧˧ piw˧˧]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [kʰaŋ˧˧ piw˧˧] ~ [xaŋ˧˧ piw˧˧]

Noun

(classifier cái, chiếc) khăn piêu

  1. kind of headdress traditionally worn by Tai women
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