vượn cáo
Vietnamese
Etymology
vượn (“ape”) + cáo (“fox”). Compare Chinese 狐猴 (húhóu, literally “fox monkey”), Japanese 狐猿 (kitsunezaru, literally “fox monkey”), Korean 여우원숭이 (yeouwonsung'i, literally “fox monkey”).
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [vɨən˧˨ʔ kaːw˧˦]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [vɨəŋ˨˩ʔ kaːw˨˩˦]
- (Saigon) IPA(key): [vɨəŋ˨˩˨ kaːw˦˥] ~ [jɨəŋ˨˩˨ kaːw˦˥]
Noun
- a lemur (strepsirrhine primate of the infraorder Lemuriformes, superfamily Lemuroidea)