bồ

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Tày

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Vietnamese bồ.

Noun

bồ

  1. bamboo basket
    bồ khẩu coóc ― unhusked rice basket

Etymology 2

Noun

bồ

  1. picul
    bồ khẩu ― a picul of rice
    bồ hả ― picul and a half (literally, “picul and five”)

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

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Noun

bồ • (䈬, 補)

  1. (colloquial) boyfriend; girlfriend; date; romantic partner
    Synonym: người yêu

Pronoun

bồ

  1. (colloquial) you, my pal/mate/buddy
Derived terms
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Noun

(classifier cái) bồ • (䈬)

  1. bamboo basket
Derived terms

Etymology 3

Might be related to the prefixal element in bồ cào, bồ hóng, and bồ nhìn/bù nhìn.

Alternative forms

Prefix

bồ

  1. (non-productive) used to form birds' names
    bồ câu (“dove, pigeon”)
    bồ nông (“pelican”)
    bồ các (“Eurasian magpie”)
    bồ cắt (“falcon”)
    bồ cốc (“cormorant”)
    bồ chao (“white-crested laughing-thrush”)
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