goá phụ

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

• góa phụ

Etymology

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 寡婦 (SV: quả phụ), with a Sino-Vietnamese element being replaced by its non-Sino-Vietnamese equivalent. Compare kết cuộc, thượng tầng.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ɣwaː˧˦ fu˧˨ʔ]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ɣwaː˨˩˦ fʊw˨˩ʔ]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ɣwaː˦˥ fʊw˨˩˨]

Noun

goá phụ

1. a widowed woman

   Synonym: quả phụ