moả

See also: moa and mỏa

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

mỏa

Etymology

Contraction of moa + the demonstrative ấy (“that”) in the southern dialects, with the latter manifested as the hỏi tone after monosyllabification. Also borrowed from French moi (“me”).

Pronunciation

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

Pronoun

moả

(dated, Southern Vietnam, humorous) I, me

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