lứ

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Vietnamese

Etymology

From Teochew (lɯ⁵²).

Pronunciation

Pronoun

lứ

  1. (Southern Vietnam, colloquial, probably obsolete, towards a Teochew speaker) thou, you (second-person pronoun)
    Coordinate term: hoá
    • 2007, Linguistic Society of Vietnam, edited by Huỳnh Công Tín, Từ điển Từ ngữ Nam Bộ , Cần Thơ: Nhà xuất bản Khoa học xã hội, page 780:
      "Tôi với lứ đi Bạc Liêu một chuyến đi."
      "Let us visit Bạc Liêu for a trip."

See also

  • moa/toa (towards a French speaker)
  • ngộ/nị (towards a Cantonese speaker)