chuối

See also: chuỗi

Vietnamese

Etymology

From Middle Vietnamese chuối or chuếi (“Indian fig”), Proto-Vietic *caːjʔ or *cɔːjʔ (“banana”), from Proto-Mon-Khmer *kɟaːiʔ or *t₁luəjʔ (“banana”). Possible cognates include Tho /caːj³/, Hung /caːj/, Muong chuổi (banana), Khmer ចេក (ceːk, ceːc, “banana”), Ngeq /callɔk/ (“trunk or edible center of banana tree”), Khmu /kɟɔːk/, Semai /ɟai/, Temiar /ɟai/, Jehai /ɟaj/, Thai หยวก (jùːak, “trunk of banana tree”).

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ṯɕuɜj˧ˀ˦]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ṯɕuj˩ˀ˧]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [c̻uj˦ˀ˥]

Noun

(classifier quả; trái) chuối (荎, 桎, 棳, 槯, 樶, 𣑳)

1. banana