bâư

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "bau"

Tày

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *ɓaɰᴬ. Cognate with Thai ใบ (bai), Lao ໃບ (bai), Lü ᦺᦢ (ḃay), Tai Dam ꪻꪚ, Shan မႂ် (mǎue) or ဝႂ် (wǎue), Ahom 𑜈𑜧 (baw) or 𑜈𑜨𑜧 (bow), Zhuang mbaw and Saek เบ๋อ. Compare Proto-Be *ɓəːᴬ², Proto-Hlai *ɓɯː (whence Hlai bheuu).

Pronunciation

Classifier

bâư (芭, 𬡞)

  1. classifier for leaf-like objects, e.g. leaves, paper, cloth, etc.
    bâư chỉa ― sheet of paper
    bâư slư ― letter
    bâư slửa ― piece of top garments
    bâư khoá ― piece of pants

Noun

bâư (芭, 𬡞)

  1. leaf
    Synonym: toong
    bâư mạy ― tree leaf
    bâư mòn ― strawberry leaf
    oóc bâư ― to foliate
    bâư ón ― young leaf

Derived terms

References

  • 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
  • Lương Bèn (2011) Từ điển Tày-Việt [Tay-Vietnamese dictionary]‎ (in Vietnamese), Thái Nguyên: Nhà Xuất bản Đại học Thái Nguyên
  • Léopold Michel Cadière (1910) Dictionnaire Tày-Annamite-Français [Tày-Vietnamese-French Dictionary]‎ (in French), Hanoi: Impressions d'Extrême-Orient
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