ruột rà

Vietnamese

Etymology

From ruột (“blood ties”) +‎ rà (fossil word).

This term was attested in Phật thuyết đại báo phụ mẫu ân trọng kinh (佛說大報父母恩重經), with the second element written as 口⿰𪜀, composed of 口 + 𪜀 (a simplified form of 羅 (MC la), modern SV: la). It is not totally clear whether the element 口 (khẩu) here was semantic or phonetic.

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [zuət̚˧˨ʔ zaː˨˩]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [ʐuək̚˨˩ʔ ʐaː˦˩]
(Saigon) IPA^(key): [ɹuək̚˨˩˨ ɹaː˨˩]

Noun

ruột rà

relationships between familial relatives