cá tuyết

Vietnamese

An Atlantic cod

Etymology

From cá (“fish”) +‎ tuyết (“snow”), calque of Chinese 鱈魚／鳕鱼 (xuěyú).

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [kaː˧˦ twiət̚˧˦]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [kaː˨˩˦ twiək̚˦˧˥]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [kaː˦˥ t⁽ʷ⁾iək̚˦˥]

Noun

(classifier con) cá tuyết

1. a codfish