bắt đầu
Vietnamese
Etymology
bắt (“to catch, to seize”) + đầu (“head”). For the semantic relationship, compare Azerbaijani başlamaq, Khmer ចាប់ផ្ដើម (cap phdaəm) and German anfangen.
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɓat̚˧˦ ʔɗəw˨˩]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɓak̚˦˧˥ ʔɗəw˦˩]
- (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʔɓak̚˦˥ ʔɗəw˨˩]
Audio (Hồ Chí Minh City): (file)
Verb
- to begin; to start
- bắt đầu từ nay ― beginning from now (see also bat lau dung laai)