tê tê

See also: tété, tete, tète, tête, tētē, tetë, and tę̋tę̌

Vietnamese

Etymology

From Proto-Vietic *-seːl (“pangolin scale”). Compare Proto-Katuic *ʔnsial (“fishscale”) (whence Pacoh xeal, nxeal).

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [te˧˧ te˧˧]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [tej˧˧ tej˧˧]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [tej˧˧ tej˧˧]

Noun

(classifier con) tê tê (犀犀)

pangolin

Synonyms

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