ru hời

Vietnamese

Etymology

From ru (“to lull with cradlesong”) +‎ hời (possibly non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 孩 (“to regard as a child; to have affection for”, SV: hài)).

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [zu˧˧ həːj˨˩]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʐʊw˧˧ həːj˦˩]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ɹʊw˧˧ həːj˨˩]

Noun

ru hời

1. (collective, literary) lullaby; cradlesong