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Tày
Etymology
From Proto-Tai *boːᴮ (“not (strong 2)”). Cognate with Isan บ่, Lao ບໍ່ (bǭ), Thai บ่ (bɔ̀ɔ).
Pronunciation
Adverb
bố
- not (negates a verb)
Bố đảy cảng; bố đảy còi.- No saying; no seeing.
Verb
bố
- to not have
- do not
Synonyms
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 Late-Vietic *poːʔ, related to Chinese 父 (MC pjuX|bjuX) (SV: phụ) likely through a Tai language. Compare Proto-Tai *boːᴮ, whence Thai พ่อ (pɔ̂ɔ). Ultimately a nursery word.
Noun
bố • (𢂞)
- (Northern Vietnam) a father
- Synonyms: áng, ba, bác, bọ, cậu, cha, thầy, tía
Pronoun
bố
- (Northern Vietnam) I/me, your father
- (Northern Vietnam) you, my father
- (Northern Vietnam) he/him, your/my father
- (Northern Vietnam, ironic) you, a male who I'm thinking is being stupid
Etymology 2
Sino-Vietnamese word from 布. Doublet of vải.
Noun
bố
- burlap; jute fabric