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Tày
Etymology
From Proto-Tai *klwɯəᴬ (“salt”). Cognate with Thai เกลือ (glʉʉa), Northern Thai ᨠᩖᩮᩬᩥᩋ, Lao ເກືອ (kư̄a), Tai Dam ꪹꪀ, Shan ၵိူဝ် (kǒe), Tai Nüa ᥐᥫ (koe), Ahom 𑜀𑜢𑜤𑜈𑜫 (küw), Nong Zhuang gow, Zhuang gyu. Compare also Lakkia kjie⁵¹.
Pronunciation
Noun
cưa (𡍄)
- salt
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
Vietnamese
Etymology
Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 鋸 (“saw; to saw off”, SV: cứ). Related to cứa, khứa.
Pronunciation
Noun
(classifier cái) cưa
- a saw (tool)
Verb
cưa
- to saw (cut with a saw)
See also