khăn piêu

Vietnamese

Etymology

khăn (“turban”) +‎ piêu. The second element is an unadapted borrowing from Tày.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [xan˧˧ piəw˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [kʰaŋ˧˧ piw˧˧] ~ [xaŋ˧˧ piw˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [kʰaŋ˧˧ piw˧˧] ~ [xaŋ˧˧ piw˧˧]

Noun

(classifier cái, chiếc) khăn piêu

1. kind of headdress traditionally worn by Tai women