sông Đà

See also: sòngdá

Vietnamese

Etymology

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Đà might simply mean "river" (cf. Zhuang dah (“river”), Tày tả (“river”)). However, it's also mentioned that this is a Tai word meaning "brown", "black" or "dark", but I have been unable to locate any such word (the likes of Thai ดำ has the -m coda which can hardly be borrowed as an open syllable by Vietnamese).”

The Đà element is of Tai origin.

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [səwŋ͡m˧˧ ʔɗaː˨˩]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [ʂəwŋ͡m˧˧ ʔɗaː˦˩] ~ [səwŋ͡m˧˧ ʔɗaː˦˩]
(Saigon) IPA^(key): [ʂəwŋ͡m˧˧ ʔɗaː˨˩] ~ [səwŋ͡m˧˧ ʔɗaː˨˩]

Proper noun

sông Đà

the Black River (a river in Vietnam, China)
Synonyms: sông Bờ, Đà Giang