cá tầm

Vietnamese

Etymology

From cá (“fish”) +‎ tầm, the latter is Sino-Vietnamese word from 鱘.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

(classifier con) cá tầm

(zoology) sturgeon

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