dái mít

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

• (North Central Vietnam) đái mít

Etymology

From dái (“fruit”) +‎ mít (“jackfruit”). The first element is an unetymological spelling of giái and doesn't actually mean "testicle", although admittedly had been contaminated to a great extant, compare dái tai.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [zaːj˧˦ mit̚˧˦]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [jaːj˨˩˦ mit̚˦˧˥]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [jaːj˦˥ mɨt̚˦˥]

Noun

(classifier cái) dái mít

1. young male jackfruit