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Tày
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
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Noun
(classifier tua) bửa (蚆)
- butterfly
Tu bưa mì lai roong.- There are many species of butterflies.
Etymology 2
Noun
(classifier coóc) bửa
- dhobi
- Synonym: lạp
Derived terms
References
- 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
Etymology
From Proto-Vietic *bah ~ *pah. Compare Bahnar pah and Pacoh tupáh.
Pronunciation
Verb
bửa • (𠠉, 𨧆)
- to split, to cleave