lạc loài
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Vietnamese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]lạc (“to be lost”) + loài (“kind”), literally “to be lost and separated from your own kind”.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [laːk̚˧˨ʔ lwaːj˨˩]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [laːk̚˨˩ʔ lwaːj˦˩]
- (Saigon) IPA(key): [laːk̚˨˩˨ l⁽ʷ⁾aːj˨˩]
Adjective
[edit]- (of a person or their life) completely lonesome and with nobody to rely on