dưa hấu

Vietnamese

Etymology

According to the Vietnamese folktale Sự tích trái dưa hấu (Legend of the Watermelon), the name dưa hấu derives from dưa (“melon”) + a non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 好 (“good”, SV: hảo).

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [zɨə˧˧ həw˧˦]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [jɨə˧˧ həw˨˩˦]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [jɨə˧˧ həw˦˥]

Noun

dưa hấu

1. watermelon