dưa hấu

Vietnamese

Etymology

According to the Vietnamese folktale Sự tích trái dưa hấu (Legend of the Watermelon), the name dưa hấu derives from dưa (“melon”) + a non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of 好 (SV: hảo), but this is most likely just folk etymology.

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [zɨə˧˧ həw˧˦]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [jɨə˧˧ həw˨˩˦]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [jɨə˧˧ həw˦˥]

Noun

(classifier trái, quả) dưa hấu

watermelon

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