vôi

See also: Appendix:Variations of "voi"

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

  • (North Central Vietnam) bôi (no lenition)

Etymology

From Proto-Vietic *k-puːr (“lime”), from Proto-Mon-Khmer *knpur (“lime”), of Austronesian origin. Cognate with Muong pôl, Khmer កំបោរ (kɑmbao), Mon ဂပဵု (həpɒ). Compare Proto-Austronesian *qapuʀ, whence also Malay kapur.

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [voj˧˧]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [voj˧˧]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [voj˧˧] ~ [joj˧˧]

Noun

vôi • (灰, 𥔦, 𪿙)

  1. lime (white substance)

Derived terms

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.