lạc loài

Vietnamese

Etymology

lạc (“to be lost”) +‎ loài (“kind”), literally “to be lost and separated from your own kind”.

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [laːk̚˧˨ʔ lwaːj˨˩]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [laːk̚˨˩ʔ lwaːj˦˩]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [laːk̚˨˩˨ l⁽ʷ⁾aːj˨˩]

Adjective

lạc loài

  1. (of a person or their life) completely lonesome and with nobody to rely on

See also

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