cá hồi

Vietnamese

Etymology

From cá (“fish”) +‎ hồi, the latter is Sino-Vietnamese word from 回 (“to return”), so called for the way they "return" upstream to spawn.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

(classifier con) cá hồi

  1. a salmon (fish)
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