đồng rêu

Vietnamese

Etymology

đồng (“field”) +‎ rêu (“moss”).

In the sense of "tundra", calque of Chinese 苔原 (đài nguyên).

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɗəwŋ͡m˨˩ zew˧˧]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɗəwŋ͡m˦˩ ʐew˧˧]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ʔɗəwŋ͡m˨˩ ɹew˧˧]

Noun

(classifier cánh) đồng rêu

(literally) a moss field
(geography, uncommon) tundra
Synonyms: đài nguyên, lãnh nguyên

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