lão gia

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 老爺, composed of 老 (“old”) and 爺 (“grandfather”), from Chinese 老爺, eggcorn of lão da, due to confusion between Chinese 爺 (Sino-Vietnamese da), Sino-Vietnamese -gia (“family; -ist”) and native Vietnamese da (“skin”). Not to be confused with Chinese 老家 (lão gia). See also Gia Tô.

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [laːw˦ˀ˥ zaː˧˧]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [laːw˧˨ jaː˧˧]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [laːw˨˩˦ jaː˧˧]

Noun

(archaic) a wealthy master

See also

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