cá chuối

Vietnamese

Etymology

Cognate with Muong Bi cả chuổl.

The second element is not chuối (“banana”), in spite of the fitting semantics. While "banana" traces back to a form with *j within Viet-Muong, this can not yield the second element in Muong Bi cả chuổl.

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [kaː˧˦ t͡ɕuəj˧˦]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [kaː˨˩˦ t͡ɕuj˨˩˦]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [kaː˦˥ cuj˦˥]

Noun

(classifier con) cá chuối

  1. (Northern Vietnam) snakehead
    Synonyms: cá quả, cá lóc, cá tràu
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