moả

See also: moa and mỏa

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

mỏa

Etymology

Word formation with distal denotation by adding hỏi tone to the root moa in Southern Vietnamese and certain dialects of Thanh Hoá. Also borrowed from French moi (“me”).

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [mwaː˧˩]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [mwaː˧˨]
(Saigon) IPA^(key): [mwaː˨˩˦]

Pronoun

moả

(dated, Southern Vietnam, humorous) I, me