xe cộ

Vietnamese

Etymology

From xe (“vehicle”) +‎ cộ (“a kind of buffalo/cattle-driven wheelless vehicle”).

The use of presumably synonymous elements conveys genericity or plurality. Compare rừng rú, muông thú.

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [sɛ˧˧ ko˧˨ʔ]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [sɛ˧˧ kow˨˩ʔ]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [sɛ˧˧ kow˨˩˨]

Noun

xe cộ • (車 + 椇/𨍄/𤚦)

  1. (collective) vehicles
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