cự đà

Vietnamese

Etymology

Related to kì đà.

They might both originate from earlier *k-daː, but while kì đà simply preserved the presyllable, cự đà likely got influenced by 巨 (cự, “huge, big”).

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [kɨ˧˨ʔ ʔɗaː˨˩]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [kɨ˨˩ʔ ʔɗaː˦˩]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [kɨ˨˩˨ ʔɗaː˨˩]

Noun

cự đà

1. iguana

   Synonym: kỳ nhông