bánh bò

Vietnamese

/ɓaʲŋ˩˩ ɓɔ˧˧/, /ɓa̰ʲŋ˩˧ ɓɔ˧˧/

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Definitions
  • A sweet, chewy sponge cake of southern Chinese origin and popular in southern Vietnam, made of rice flour, water, sugar, coconut milk, and yeast.

Etymology

Compound from Vietnamese bánh (cake, pastry, bread, any sweet, noodle, or pudding, or savory food prepared from flour, dumpling, salty, wafer, wheel), vú (breast) + Vietnamese bò (cow, crawl, ox), bánh (cake, pastry, bread, any sweet, noodle, or pudding, or savory food prepared from flour, dumpling, salty, wafer, wheel) + Vietnamese bò (cow, crawl, ox).

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Vietnamese

bò

Gloss

cow, crawl, ox

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