cá hồi

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [kaː˧˦ hoj˨˩]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [kaː˨˩˦ hoj˦˩]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [kaː˦˥ hoj˨˩]

Etymology 1

From cá (“fish”) +‎ hồi, the latter is a Sino-Vietnamese word from Chinese 回 (huí, “to return”), so called for the way they "return" upstream to spawn.

Noun

(classifier con) cá hồi

  1. a salmon (fish)

Etymology 2

Blend of cá +‎ Hồi giáo/đạo Hồi (“Islam”), a play on words from the term above.

Adjective

cá hồi

  1. (neologism, slang) of or pertaining to Muslims or Islam
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