cá thu

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Vietnamese

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Etymology

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The second element is from a Tai language. Compare Thai ทู (tuu).

Curiously, the Pacific saury, also known as the mackerel pike, is called cá thu đao in Vietnamese, corresponding to 秋刀魚秋刀鱼 (qiūdāoyú) (SV: thu đao ngư) in Chinese.

The thu elements in cá thu ("mackerel") and cá thu đao ("mackerel pike") are therefore seemingly unrelated, with the former being a Tai loan, while the latter is the Sino-Vietnamese reading of (qiū).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(classifier con) thu (/𩵜 + /𩷊/𩹤)

  1. (zoology) mackerel