công chúa
Vietnamese
Etymology
Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 公主 (SV: công chủ). In sense 2, a semantic loan from English princess, which itself is a semantic loan from Japanese 姫 (hime, “lady; princess”). See also Âu Cơ.
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [kəwŋ͡m˧˧ t͡ɕuə˧˦]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [kəwŋ͡m˧˧ t͡ɕuə˨˩˦]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [kəwŋ͡m˧˧ cuə˦˥]
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