gấu

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See also: gau, Gau, GAU, and gâu

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

gấu

From Proto-Vietic *c-guːʔ ~ *c-kuːʔ, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *ɟkaw; cognate with Bahnar chơgơu and Proto-Katuic *hŋkaw.

The "romantic partner" sense is probably derived from gấu bông (teddy bear).

Alternative forms

  • (North Central Vietnam) gụ

Noun

(classifier con) gấu (𤠰)

  1. bear (large mammal of family Ursidae)
    Truyện gấu ăn trăngTale of the Bear Who Ate the Moon
Derived terms

Noun

gấu

  1. (slang) date; romantic partner
Synonyms

Etymology 2

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “At first I thought this is a calque of ourlet (hem) through faulty association with ours (bear), but it's attested in Dictionarium Anamitico-Latinum, which is well before the colonial period.”

Noun

gấu (, 𤠰)

  1. (sewing) hem; hemline