đen tuyền
Vietnamese
Etymology
đen (“black”) + tuyền (全) (“entire, total”); the second element is the expected Sino-Vietnamese reflex of Sinitic 全, fossilized in this compound. In other, more transparent compounds, tuyền had been replaced by the form toàn spread from Northern Vietnam.
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɗɛn˧˧ twiən˨˩]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɗɛŋ˧˧ twiəŋ˦˩]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [ʔɗɛŋ˧˧ t⁽ʷ⁾iəŋ˨˩]
Adjective
đen tuyền
- jet-black