cá thờn bơn

Vietnamese

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Etymology

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Particularly: “cá (“fish”) +‎ thờn bơn. Not sure about the etymology for thờn bơn. FWIW, chunom.org gives nom characters of 𩺦 (⿰魚唇) for thờn, and 𩺡/𩺪 (⿰魚班/⿰魚般) for bơn. In addition, the page for cá bơn had already existed before this page.”

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [kaː˧˦ tʰəːn˨˩ ʔɓəːn˧˧]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [kaː˨˩˦ tʰəːŋ˦˩ ʔɓəːŋ˧˧]
(Saigon) IPA^(key): [kaː˦˥ tʰəːŋ˨˩ ʔɓəːŋ˧˧]

Noun

(classifier con) cá thờn bơn

a fish of the taxonomic order Pleuronectiformes: the flatfish, including flounders, soles, turbot, plaice, and halibut
Synonyms: cá bơn, thờn bơn