đường sá

Vietnamese

Etymology

From đường + sá, from Proto-Vietic *k-raːʔ, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *kraʔ (“road, way”); cognate with Muong khá, Pacoh carna (through an infixed form), Chong /kraː/ and Proto-Palaungic *kraʔ. Sá is also fossilized in a few other words, such as sá cày.

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ɗɨəŋ˨˩ saː˧˦]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [ɗɨəŋ˦˩ ʂaː˨˩˦]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ɗɨəŋ˨˩ ʂaː˦˥]

Noun

đường sá

roads; ways (generally speaking)

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