báu vật

Vietnamese

Etymology

An anagram of vật báu due to influence of bảo vật, therefore effectively its misconstruction formed with a non-Sino-Vietnamese syllable and a Sino-Vietnamese one in a Sino-Vietnamese manner, and a non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 寶物 (“treasure”; SV: bảo vật). Compare goá phụ, cách mạng, sinh mạng, công bằng, phép thuật and words derived from chúa.

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɓaw˧˦ vət̚˧˨ʔ]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɓaw˨˩˦ vək̚˨˩ʔ]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ʔɓaw˦˥ vək̚˨˩˨] ~ [ʔɓaw˦˥ jək̚˨˩˨]

Noun

(informal, proscribed) Alternative form of bảo vật (“valuable object”)
Misconstruction of bảo vật

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