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Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Noun
bưa (粑)
- powder
- bưa pẻng ― flour
- mác bưa (lẩu) ― wine ferment
- bưa cao ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- bưa nua ― glutinous rice powder
- bưa chăm ― normal rice powder
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From Proto-Tai *C̥.ɓɯəᴮ (“to poison (fish)”). Cognate with Lao ເບື່ອ (bư̄a), Northern Thai ᨷᩮᩬᩥ᩵ᩋ, Khün ᨷᩮᩬᩨ᩵, Lü ᦵᦢᦲᧈ (ḃoe¹), Shan မိူဝ်ႇ (mòe) or ဝိူဝ်ႇ (wòe), and Tai Nüa ᥛᥫ (moe), Zhuang mbw, Nong Zhuang mbowq, Thai เบื่อ (bʉ̀ʉa).
Verb
bưa
- to poison (a fish for fishing purposes)
- da bưa ― fish poison
- bưa pja ― to do poison fishing
Etymology 3
Cognate with Isan บัว, Lao ບົວ (būa), Northern Thai ᨷ᩠ᩅᩫ, Khün ᨷ᩠ᩅᩫ, Lü ᦷᦢ (ḃo), Tai Dam ꪚꪺ, Shan မူဝ် (mǒ), ဝူဝ် (wǒ), Phake မုဝ် (muw), Ahom 𑜈𑜥 (bū), Thai บัว (buua).
Noun
(classifier bjoóc) bưa
- lotus
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