lợn đất

Vietnamese

Etymology

lợn (“pig”) +‎ đất (“earth”), also a calque of Afrikaans aardvark

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ləːn˧˨ʔ ʔɗət̚˧˦]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ləːŋ˨˩ʔ ʔɗək̚˦˧˥]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ləːŋ˨˩˨ ʔɗək̚˦˥]

Noun

lợn đất

  1. (Northern Vietnam) a porcelain piggy bank
    Synonym: heo đất
  2. an aardvark
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