tinh tinh lùn

Vietnamese

Etymology

tinh tinh (“chimpanzee”) +‎ lùn (“short”), literally "dwarf/short chimpanzee", a calque of Chinese 矮黑猩猩.

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [tïŋ˧˧ tïŋ˧˧ lun˨˩]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [tɨn˧˧ tɨn˧˧ lun˦˩]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [tɨn˧˧ tɨn˧˧ lʊwŋ͡m˨˩]

Noun

tinh tinh lùn

bonobo

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