đen tuyền

Vietnamese

Etymology

đen (“black”) +‎ tuyền (全) (“entire, total”); the second element is the expected Sino-Vietnamese reflex of Sinitic 全 (quán), fossilized in this compound. In other, more transparent compounds, tuyền had been replaced by the form toàn spread from Northern Vietnam.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɗɛn˧˧ twiən˨˩]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɗɛŋ˧˧ twiəŋ˦˩]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ʔɗɛŋ˧˧ t⁽ʷ⁾iəŋ˨˩]

Adjective

đen tuyền

1. jet-black