tinh tinh lùn

Vietnamese

Etymology

tinh tinh (“chimpanzee”) +‎ lùn (“short”), literally "dwarf/short chimpanzee", a calque of Chinese 矮黑猩猩.

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [tïŋ˧˧ tïŋ˧˧ lun˨˩]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [tɨn˧˧ tɨn˧˧ lun˦˩]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [tɨn˧˧ tɨn˧˧ lʊwŋ͡m˨˩]

Noun

tinh tinh lùn

  1. bonobo
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