chạp

Vietnamese

Etymology

    Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 臘 (“the 12th month of the lunar year”, SV: lạp).

    The same development of the initial can also be seen with chàng & possibly also chuồng (if the latter were indeed an early Chinese loan according to Alves, 2018).

    Pronunciation

    • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [t͡ɕaːp̚˧˨ʔ]
    • (Huế) IPA(key): [t͡ɕaːp̚˨˩ʔ]
    • (Saigon) IPA(key): [caːp̚˨˩˨]

    Noun

    chạp • (臘)

    1. the 12th month of the lunar year

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