sạch sẽ

Vietnamese

Etymology

-e reduplication of sạch. Cognate with Chut [Mày] pʰɽɛk⁴ pʰɽɛ⁴ (Babaev & Samarina, 2018).

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [sajk̟̚˧˨ʔ sɛ˦ˀ˥]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ʂat̚˨˩ʔ ʂɛ˧˨] ~ [sat̚˨˩ʔ sɛ˧˨]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʂat̚˨˩˨ ʂɛ˨˩˦] ~ [sat̚˨˩˨ sɛ˨˩˦]

Adjective

sạch sẽ

  1. clean, tidy