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Tày
Etymology
Borrowed from Vietnamese bơi.
Pronunciation
Verb
bơi
- to row
- bơi lừa ― to row a boat
- bơi rèng ― to row vigorously
- bơi pè ― to row a raft
References
- Léopold Michel Cadière (1910) Dictionnaire Tày-Annamite-Français (in French), Hanoi: Impressions d'Extrême-Orient
Vietnamese
Etymology
From Proto-Vietic *pəːj.
Pronunciation
Verb
bơi • (𬈺, 𢴾)
- to swim (move through water)
- to row a boat
1957, Đoàn Giỏi, chapter 9, in Đất rừng phương Nam, Kim Đồng:Tôi đã chen vào giữa, quảy tòn ten một cái gùi bé mà má nuôi tôi đã bơi xuồng đi mượn của nhà đi ngoài xóm bìa rừng từ chiều hôm qua.- I came in between, carrying a basket dangling from a shoulder pole, for which my adoptive mother rowed the boat to the hamlet at the border of the forest to borrow it yesterday afternoon.
- (figuratively) to struggle doing something beyond your capacity
Nếu không nắm vững cơ bản ngay từ bây giờ thì sau này sẽ phải bơi đó.- If you don't have firm grip on the basics from the get-go, you'll be flagging later.
Derived terms
Descendants
→ Tày: bơi
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