bắc

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Tày

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Vietnamese bắc.

Adjective

bắc (北)

  1. north
    Rườn vín qua bưởng bắc.
    The house is facing the north.
    bắc nà cằn loo̱ng ― north side; land in the north

Etymology 2

Noun

bắc (北)

  1. net
    bắc xỏn pja ― fish net
    tha bắc khát ― net holes break
    than bắc ― to weave a net

Etymology 3

Noun

bắc

  1. piece
    bắc nà cằn loo̱ng ― a piece of farmland by the stream

Etymology 4

Adjective

bắc

  1. wrinkled; with one's mouth twisted as if about to cry
    cò mì bắc ― wrinkled neck
    nả bắc ― wrinkled face; twisted
Derived terms

Etymology 5

Compare pắc.

Verb

bắc

  1. to pinch; to press down on or into something; to plant on the earth
    tò bắc căn ― to pinch each other
    bắc tong, bắc tậu ― to plant stakes or sticks
    Au lệp mừ bắc ngòi mác slúc xằng.
    Press it with your hands to see if the fruit's ripe.
  2. (of animals) to pounce and bite
    slưa bắc.
    The tiger pounces in.
Derived terms

Etymology 6

Noun

bắc (北)

  1. step

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

Sino-Vietnamese word from 北 (“north”). Compare bấc (as in gió bấc (“northern wind”)).

Adjective

bắc

  1. north; northern
    phía bắc ― northern direction
    hướng bắc ― northern direction

Prefix

bắc

  1. north; northern
    Bắc Ai-len ― Northern Ireland

Coordinate terms

tây bắc bắc đông bắc
tây đông
tây nam nam đông nam


Etymology 2

Verb

bắc • (北, 𢫣)

  1. to place things so that one can climb them to reach a higher spot
    bắc thang ― to place a ladder so you can climb it
    Bắc thang lên mà hỏi ông trời !
    Go get a ladder and ask the heavenly lord! / How in the whole wide world should I know!?
    bắc ghế lên bàn ― to put a chair on top of a table so one can stand on it
  2. to place a pot or pan onto a stove, or to take it off it
    bắc nồi xuống ― to take the pot off the stove
See also
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