bầu hồ lô

Vietnamese

Etymology

bầu (“gourd”) +‎ hồ lô (“calabash bottle”). See 葫蘆／葫芦 (húlu, “bottle gourd”).

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɓəw˨˩ ho˨˩ lo˧˧]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɓəw˦˩ how˦˩ low˧˧]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ʔɓəw˨˩ how˨˩ low˧˧]

Noun

(classifier trái, quả, cây) bầu hồ lô

(botany) a bottle gourd; calabash (of the species Lagenaria siceraria)

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