bả

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Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Proto-Tai *ɓaːꟲ (crazy). Cognate with Northern Thai ᨷ᩶ᩤ, Khün ᨷ᩶ᩤ, Lao ບ້າ (), ᦢᦱᧉ (ḃaa²), Shan မႃႈ (māa) or ဝႃႈ (wāa), Tai Nüa ᥛᥣᥲ (màa, to be angry), Ahom 𑜈𑜡 (), Thai บ้า (bâa).

Adjective

bả (𠇕)

  1. crazy; foolish
    pền bảgotten crazy
    phuối bảsay foolishly
    bả pácinsane (literally, “foolish mouth”)
  2. (of an animal) rabid
    ma bảrabid dog
  3. naive
    đếch nhằng bảnaive children
  4. quick; in a hurry
    bả mừa dương méhurriedly going home to visit one's grandmother

Verb

bả

  1. to fool; to scam
    tốc bảto be fooled

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Etymology 2

Adjective

bả

  1. in a hurry; rushed
    bả mừa dương mérushed to visit grandma at home

Verb

bả

  1. to budge; wriggle
    bả thaitwitching before death
    Tu ngù kin ím bả bấu đảy.
    The snake was so full that it couldn't move.

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Etymology 3

Noun

bả

  1. banyan
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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

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Word formation with distal denotation by adding hỏi tone to the root in Southern Vietnamese and certain dialects of Thanh Hoá.

Pronoun

bả

  1. (Southern Vietnam, certain topolects of Thanh Hoá) she; her (woman of higher social status)
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Etymology 2

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “cf. Eastern Cham caba (poison), Malay tuba, Thai เบื่อ (bʉ̀ʉa).”

Noun

bả (𥸿)

  1. a type of poison used to kill some kinds of animal
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