Mẫu Thoải

Vietnamese

Etymology

From mẫu (“mother”, 母) +‎ thoải (irregular reading of 水 (shuǐ) (SV: thuỷ) due to taboo avoidance).

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Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [məw˦ˀ˥ tʰwaːj˧˩]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [məw˧˨ tʰwaːj˧˨]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [məw˨˩˦ tʰ⁽ʷ⁾aːj˨˩˦]

Proper noun

Mẫu Thoải

  1. Mother Goddess of Water, a female deity worshiped in Đạo Mẫu
  • thoải phủ

Further reading

Mẫu Thoải on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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