đồi

See also: Appendix:Variations of "doi"

Vietnamese

Etymology

From Proto-Vietic *doːl, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *dul. Cognate with Muong Bi tồl, Khmer ទួល (tuəl), Old Mon dal (“hill”) (> Mon ဒဵု (tɜ̀)), Western Katu dɔːl ("back of mountain"), Minriq tol ("mountain"). There is another similar word with coda *-r, represented by Proto-Bahnaric *dɔːr (whence Koho dor) and Proto-Palaungic *ɗɤr (whence Western Lawa thu).

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɗoj˨˩]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɗoj˦˩]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ʔɗoj˨˩]

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Noun

(classifier ngọn, con, quả) đồi • (岱, 堆, 𡑖, 𡾫)

1. a hill (elevated location)

See also

Derived terms

• đồi não
• đồi núi
• đồi thị
• núi đồi