họa mi
Vietnamese
Etymology
Sino-Vietnamese word from 畫眉.
The second element means eyebrow, but often realized by folk etymology as a Vietic word meaning eyelashes and is pronounced the same as the Sino-Vietnamese word (see Vietnamese mi).
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [hwaː˧˨ʔ mi˧˧]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [hwaː˨˩ʔ mɪj˧˧]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [waː˨˩˨ mɪj˧˧]
Noun
họa mi
- the Garrulax canorus, the hwamei, a bird native to southeastern and central China as well as northern Laos and Vietnam
- (colloquial, slang) the penis, male genitalia