xe cộ

Vietnamese

Etymology

From xe (“vehicle”) +‎ cộ (“a kind of buffalo/cattle-driven wheelless vehicle”).

The use of presumably synonymous elements conveys genericity or plurality. Compare rừng rú, muông thú.

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [sɛ˧˧ ko˧˨ʔ]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [sɛ˧˧ kow˨˩ʔ]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [sɛ˧˧ kow˨˩˨]

Noun

xe cộ (車 + 椇/𨍄/𤚦)

(collective) vehicles

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