áp

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "ap"

Tày

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Proto-Tai *ʔaːpᴰ (“to bathe”). Cognate with Thai อาบ (àap), Lao ອາບ (ʼāp), Lü ᦀᦱᧇ (˙ʼaab), Northern Thai ᩋᩣ᩠ᨷ, Shan ဢၢပ်ႇ (ʼàap), Tai Dam ꪮꪱꪚ, Tai Dón ꪮꪱꪚ, Tai Nüa ᥟᥣᥙᥱ (ʼǎap), Nong Zhuang aeb, Zuojiang Zhuang ab, Zhuang ab.

Verb

áp (㳌)

  1. to wash a live body, usually your own
    Pây nặm tang pây áp.
    Wash yourself while going out to carry water.
  2. to plate (with a metal)
    áp nặm ngần ― to silverplate
    áp nặm kim ― to gild
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Verb

áp (押)

  1. to force someone

References

  • Lương Bèn (2011) Từ điển Tày-Việt [Tay-Vietnamese dictionary]‎ (in Vietnamese), Thái Nguyên: Nhà Xuất bản Đại học Thái Nguyên
  • Lục Văn Pảo, Hoàng Tuấn Nam (2003) Hoàng Triều Ân, editor, Từ điển chữ Nôm Tày [A Dictionary of (chữ) Nôm Tày]‎ (in Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Khoa học Xã hội
  • Léopold Michel Cadière (1910) Dictionnaire Tày-Annamite-Français [Tày-Vietnamese-French Dictionary]‎ (in French), Hanoi: Impressions d'Extrême-Orient

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 壓. Compare ép, ẹp.

Pronunciation

Verb

áp

  1. to press against; to stand against
  2. to close in on
  3. to put; to apply
  4. (Central Vietnam, Southern Vietnam) to be next to; to be close to
    áp chót ― next to last; second last

See also

Derived terms

Noun

áp

  1. (physics) Short for điện áp (“voltage”).
  2. (medicine) Short for huyết áp (“blood pressure”).
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