bầu sao

Vietnamese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

(classifier cây, trái, quả) bầu sao

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