bốc

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Tày

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Verb

bốc

  1. to scratch
    Synonyms: khuýa, khoán, khoát, vát
    Tu slưa bốc đin.
    The tiger scratches the dirt.

Etymology 2

From Proto-Tai *ɓokᴰ (“dry land”). Cognate with Lao ບົກ (bok), Thai บก (bòk).

Adjective

bốc (卜)

  1. (container or body of water) no longer containing any liquid; dry
    Mỏ nặm phật hâng bốc lẹo.
    The water in the pot became dry after boiling for a while.
    khuổi bốc ― dry creek
    bẳng bốc ― dry tube (tubes are used to conserve water)
  2. onland
    Pây bốc rụ pây nặm?
    We go on land or by water?
Derived terms

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

From Proto-Vietic *poːk (“handful”). Related to vốc (“handful”).

Compare also Baha pok³¹ (“bunch, handful”).

Verb

bốc • (卜, 扑)

  1. to pick something up with hand
    ăn bốc ― to eat with hands
  2. (by extension, traditional medicine) to make up (a traditional medicine prescription)
    Synonyms: cắt, cân, hốt
    bốc thuốc ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
  3. to exhume and move (a corpse) to another place
    bốc mộ ― to relocate a tomb
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    bốc hàng lên ô tô ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
  5. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.
    Bão bốc cả mái nhà. ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
  6. (of fire, smoke, steam etc.) to steam, to vaporize
  7. (of emotions) to rise up; to surge
  8. (colloquial) Short for bốc đồng.
  9. (colloquial, agriculture, of plants) to develop well
Derived terms
See also

Adjective

bốc

  1. enthusiastic

Noun

bốc • (卜, 扑)

  1. (dialectal) a handful

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

bốc

  1. a type of vase used to clean intestines

Etymology 3

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Noun

bốc

  1. (dialectal) a beer cup of about 1/4 litre

Etymology 4

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Noun

bốc

  1. a type of haircut

Etymology 5

Vietnamesized spelling of box.

Noun

bốc

  1. boxing
    đấm bốc ― to box
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