cá hồi
Vietnamese
Etymology
From cá (“fish”) + hồi, the latter is Sino-Vietnamese word from 回 (“to return”), so called for the way they "return" upstream to spawn.
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [kaː˧˦ hoj˨˩]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [kaː˨˩˦ hoj˦˩]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [kaː˦˥ hoj˨˩]
Noun
(classifier con) cá hồi
- a salmon (fish)