bầu sao

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Vietnamese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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Particularly: “bầu (“匏, gourd”) +‎ sao (“star”). Folk etymology claims the light spots resemble stars.”

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɓəw˨˩ saːw˧˧]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɓəw˦˩ ʂaːw˧˧] ~ [ʔɓəw˦˩ saːw˧˧] invalid IPA characters (][)
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʔɓəw˨˩ ʂaːw˧˧] ~ [ʔɓəw˨˩ saːw˧˧] invalid IPA characters (][)

Noun[edit]

(classifier cây, trái, quả) bầu sao

  1. a mottled bottle gourd; long opo squash (a kind of gourd that tends to have light spots)
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