loa kèn

Vietnamese

Etymology

loa (“loudspeaker”) +‎ kèn (“a wind instrument”), probably in reference to the shape of the flower. Compare ớt chuông, hoa kèn hồng, or hoa chuông hồng.

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [lwaː˧˧ kɛn˨˩]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [lwaː˧˧ kɛŋ˦˩]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [l⁽ʷ⁾aː˧˧ kɛŋ˨˩]

Noun

loa kèn

  1. (chi ～) lilium, a genus of the family Liliaceae; lily
  2. (hoa ～) Lilium longiflorum, a species of the genus Lilium
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