game thủ
Vietnamese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]game (“video game”) + -thủ (“-er”), calque of English gamer
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ɣem˧˧ tʰu˧˩], [ɣɛm˧˧ tʰu˧˩]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [ɣem˧˧ tʰʊw˧˨], [ɣɛm˧˧ tʰʊw˧˨]
- (Saigon) IPA(key): [ɣem˧˧ tʰʊw˨˩˦], [ɣɛm˧˧ tʰʊw˨˩˦]
- Phonetic spelling: ghêm thủ, ghem thủ
Noun
[edit]- (neologism, video games) a gamer