đồi

See also: Appendix:Variations of "doi"

Vietnamese

Etymology

From Proto-Vietic *doːl, from Proto-Austroasiatic *doːl ~ *duəl (“hill, mound”). Cognate with Muong Bi tồl, Khmer ទួល (tuəl), Old Mon dal (“hill”) (whence Mon ဒဵု (tɜ̀)), Western Katu dɔːl ("back of mountain"), Minriq tol ("mountain").

Unrelated to Proto-Tai *C̥.doːjᴬ (whence Thai ดอย (dɔɔi), Zhuang ndoi).

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɗoj˨˩]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɗoj˦˩]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ʔɗoj˨˩]

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Noun

(classifier ngọn, con, quả) đồi • (岱, 堆, 𡑖, 𡾫)

1. hill (elevated location)

Derived terms

• đồi não
• đồi núi
• đồi thị
• núi đồi