ngã nước

Vietnamese

Etymology

ngã (“fall”) +‎ nước (“water”).

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ŋaː˦ˀ˥ nɨək̚˧˦]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ŋaː˧˨ nɨək̚˦˧˥]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ŋaː˨˩˦ nɨək̚˦˥]

Noun

ngã nước

  1. (pathology) malaria
  2. (pathology) Illness caused by moving buffalo and cattle from upland to lowland
    Trâu bị ngã nước.
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See also

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