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

a widowed woman
Synonym: quả phụ

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