nước suối
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Vietnamese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]nước (“water”) + suối (“spring”).
The extension to "bottled water" is likely due to bottled water being advertised as being "natural". Compare English springwater.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [nɨək̚˧˦ suəj˧˦]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [nɨək̚˦˧˥ ʂuj˨˩˦] ~ [nɨək̚˦˧˥ suj˨˩˦] invalid IPA characters (][)
- (Saigon) IPA(key): [nɨək̚˦˥ ʂuj˦˥] ~ [nɨək̚˦˥ suj˦˥] invalid IPA characters (][)
Noun
[edit]- (literally) spring water
- (by extension) bottled water
- chai nước suối ― a bottle of drinking water