đinh ba
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Vietnamese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 釘耙 (“nail rake”, SV: đinh bá), with Chinese 耙 (bá, “rake”) "eggcornized" by ba (“three”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɗïŋ˧˧ ʔɓaː˧˧]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɗɨn˧˧ ʔɓaː˧˧]
- (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʔɗɨn˧˧ ʔɓaː˧˧]
Audio (Hà Nội): (file)
Noun
[edit]- (fiction, weaponry) the 九齒釘耙/九齿钉耙 (Cửu Xỉ Đinh Bá, literally “Nine-Toothed Rake”), the weapon of the magical pig man Zhu Bajie in Journey to the West
- (weaponry) a trident
- Synonym: ba chĩa