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Pronunciation
Noun
(classifier ăn) boóc
- tube, can, specifically one for measuring rice and beans around one catty
- Synonym: bẳng
- boóc mạy ― bamboo tube
- boóc khẩu lam ― can for sticky rice
- boóc thúa kheo ― green bean can
- (metonymically) catty
Au kỉ boóc?- How many catties?
Tua mạ kin hả boóc khẩu coóc.- The horse eats five catties of rice.
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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
- Léopold Michel Cadière (1910) Dictionnaire Tày-Annamite-Français [Tày-Vietnamese-French Dictionary] (in French), Hanoi: Impressions d'Extrême-Orient