chù vù

Vietnamese

Etymology

ch- reduplication of vù.

The root is rarely or no longer found in isolation, but it remains in sưng vù; its alternative form phù (“to swell”) is still a free morpheme, as well as in derivates like phù nề and phập phù.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕu˨˩ vu˨˩]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕʊw˦˩ vʊw˦˩]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [cʊw˨˩ vʊw˨˩] ~ [cʊw˨˩ jʊw˨˩]

Adverb

chù vù

1. (of a bump) swellingly