cá chuối

== Vietnamese == === Etymology === Cognate with Muong Bi cả chuổl. The second element is not chuối (“banana”), in spite of the fitting semantics. While "banana" traces back to a form with *j within Viet-Muong, this can not yield the second element in Muong Bi cả chuổl. === Pronunciation === (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [kaː˧˦ t͡ɕuəj˧˦] (Huế) IPA(key): [kaː˨˩˦ t͡ɕuj˨˩˦] (Saigon) IPA(key): [kaː˦˥ cuj˦˥] === Noun === cá chuối (classifier con) (Northern Vietnam) snakehead Synonyms: cá quả, cá lóc, cá tràu