cá mặt trăng
Vietnamese
Etymology
cá + mặt trăng. Perhaps a calque of an European language. For semantic relations, compare French poisson-lune, German Mondfisch, Norwegian månefisk.
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [kaː˧˦ mat̚˧˨ʔ t͡ɕaŋ˧˧]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [kaː˨˩˦ mak̚˨˩ʔ ʈaŋ˧˧]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [kaː˦˥ mak̚˨˩˨ ʈaŋ˧˧]
Noun
(classifier con) cá mặt trăng
- an ocean sunfish, the Mola mola.