vượn cáo

Vietnamese

Etymology

vượn (“ape”) +‎ cáo (“fox”), probably a calque of Japanese 狐猿

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [vɨən˧˨ʔ kaːw˧˦]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [vɨəŋ˨˩ʔ kaːw˨˩˦]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [vʲɨəŋ˨˩˨ kaːw˦˥]

Noun

(classifier con) vượn cáo

a lemur (strepsirrhine primate of the infraorder Lemuriformes, superfamily Lemuroidea)

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