lạc đà

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 駱駝.

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [laːk̚˧˨ʔ ʔɗaː˨˩]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [laːk̚˨˩ʔ ʔɗaː˦˩]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [laːk̚˨˩˨ ʔɗaː˨˩]

Noun

(classifier con) lạc đà

a camelid
lạc đà một bướu ― a dromedary (literally, “a one-humped camel”)

lạc đà hai bướu ― a Bactrian camel (literally, “a two-humped camel”)

lạc đà "không bướu" ― a llama (literally, “a humpless camel”)

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