Lõi Quỷ

Vietnamese

Etymology

Calque of English demon core.

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [lɔj˦ˀ˥ kwi˧˩]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [lɔj˧˨ kwɪj˧˨]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [lɔj˨˩˦ wɪj˨˩˦]

Proper noun

Lõi Quỷ

  1. demon core, a spherical subcritical mass of plutonium manufactured during World War II by the United States as a fissile core for an early atomic bomb
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