dưa hấu

Vietnamese

Etymology

According to the Vietnamese folktale Sự tích trái dưa hấu (Legend of the Watermelon), the name dưa hấu derives from dưa (“melon”) + a non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of 好 (SV: hảo), but this is most likely just folk etymology.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [zɨə˧˧ həw˧˦]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [jɨə˧˧ həw˨˩˦]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [jɨə˧˧ həw˦˥]

Noun

(classifier trái, quả) dưa hấu

1. watermelon