goá phụ

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

góa phụ

Etymology

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 寡婦 (SV: quả phụ), a misconstruction formed with a non-Sino-Vietnamese element (goá) and a Sino-Vietnamese one (phụ) in a Sino-Vietnamese manner. Compare cách mạng, công chúa, quận chúa, lãnh chúa, công bằng, báu vật. Also see sát nhập, thăm quan.

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ɣwaː˧˦ fu˧˨ʔ]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [ɣwaː˨˩˦ fʊw˨˩ʔ]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ɣwaː˦˥ fʊw˨˩˨]

Noun

Misconstruction of quả phụ (“widowed woman”)

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