Buôn Ma Thuột
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Vietnamese Buôn Ma Thuột.
Proper noun
Buôn Ma Thuột
- A city in Vietnam.
Translations
city in Vietnam
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Vietnamese
Alternative forms
- Buôn Mê Thuột; Ban Mê Thuột; Ban Mê Thuật
- Buôn Mê; Ban Mê
Etymology
From Rade ƀuôn (“village”) + ama (“father”) + Y Thuôt (a Rade personal name), literally "Y Thuôt's father's village". Compare Ban Mê Thuột (literally “Thuôt's mother's village”).
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɓuən˧˧ maː˧˧ tʰuət̚˧˨ʔ]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɓuəŋ˧˧ maː˧˧ tʰuək̚˨˩ʔ]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [ʔɓuəŋ˧˧ maː˧˧ tʰuək̚˨˩˨]
Proper noun
Buôn Ma Thuột
- Buôn Ma Thuột (the provincial capital of Đắk Lắk, Vietnam)