đồi mồi

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See also: đổi mới

Vietnamese

Etymology

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 玳瑁 (SV: đại mội). Compare Mandarin 玳瑁 (dàimào, đại mạo / dàimèi, đại mội), Cantonese 玳瑁 (doi6 mui6, đại mội), Japanese 玳瑁 (taimai, đại mội), Korean 대모 (daemo, from Chinese 玳瑁 (đại mạo)). Compare also loài and loại, vì and vị, mùi and vị, từ and tự, ngoài and ngoại.

Pronunciation

Noun

(classifier con) đồi mồi • (玳瑁)

  1. a hawksbill sea turtle
    Synonym: mồi

Derived terms

Noun

đồi mồi • (玳瑁)

  1. liver spots

See also

  • vích (“olive ridley sea turtle”)
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