âm tắc

Vietnamese

Etymology

âm (“sound”) +‎ tắc (“to stop”), calque of Chinese 塞音.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔəm˧˧ tak̚˧˦]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔəm˧˧ tak̚˦˧˥]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ʔəm˧˧ tak̚˦˥]

Noun

âm tắc

1. (phonetics) plosive