lưỡi lê

Vietnamese

Etymology

Compound of lưỡi (“edge”) +‎ lê (“pear”, Sino-Vietnamese word from 梨, clipping of 梨花槍 / 梨花枪 (“kind of Chinese lance”)).[1]

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [lɨəj˦ˀ˥ le˧˧]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [lɨj˧˨ lej˧˧]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [lɨj˨˩˦ lej˧˧]

Noun

(classifier cái) lưỡi lê

  1. bayonet

References

  1. ^ An Chi (12 August 2018) “Lắt léo chữ nghĩa: Từ hoa lê đến lưỡi lê”, in Thanh Niên‎[1] (in Vietnamese)
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