đỉa

See also: Appendix:Variations of "dia"

Vietnamese

Etymology

From Proto-Vietic *l-dɛh ~ *l-tɛh (“water leech”). Cognate with Muong tía, Thavung เต่ฮ, Arem tatah. Compare Pacoh itếh. Likely of Austronesian origin, compare Eastern Cham ꨤꨓꩍ/latah and Malay lintah.

Unrelated to Chinese 蛭 (MC tet) (SV: điệt).

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɗiə˧˩]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɗiə˧˨]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ʔɗiə˨˩˦]
• Homophone: đĩa

Noun

(classifier con) đỉa • (𧋘, 𧍉)

1. a leech (annelid)

See also

• vắt