ba ba

See also: Appendix:Variations of "baba"

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

  • (hypercorrection) baba

Etymology

From Proto-Mon-Khmer *t₁paʔ (“turtle”). Cognate with Proto-Bahnaric *tpaː (“turtle”) (whence Bahnar tơpa), Proto-Katuic *tpaa (“soft-shelled turtle”), Samre m̩pʰaː, Khmu [Cuang] tmpaʔ and Mang maː¹ paː². Compare Proto-Austronesian *qaCipa (“soft-shelled turtle”).

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɓaː˧˧ ʔɓaː˧˧]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɓaː˧˧ ʔɓaː˧˧]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʔɓaː˧˧ ʔɓaː˧˧]

Noun

(classifier con) ba ba • (巴巴, 蚆蚆)

  1. soft-shell turtle

Usage notes

  • Sometimes spelled baba due to incorrect assumption that this is a recent loanword.

Derived terms

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