quấc
Vietnamese
Etymology
An eye dialect spelling that reflects some Southerners' attempt to distinguish between the Sino-Vietnamese morpheme quốc (“country”) and the noun cuốc (“hoe”).
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [kwək̚˧˦]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [kwək̚˦˧˥]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [wək̚˦˥]
Affix
quấc
- (obsolete) Eye dialect spelling of quốc.
- Đại Nam quấc âm tự vị
- The Chinese Character Dictionary for the Sounds of the Great Southern Land