đầu lâu

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 頭 (“head”) and 髏, probably corrupted from Chinese 髑髏／髑髅 (độc lâu, “dead skull”).

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɗəw˨˩ ləw˧˧]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɗəw˦˩ ləw˧˧]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ʔɗəw˨˩ ləw˧˧]

Noun

đầu lâu

(colloquial) a skull of a dead vertebrate

Synonyms

sọ, hộp sọ (refers to dead or alive skulls, from a scientific point of view)

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