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Vietnamese
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Proto-Vietic *k-ruːʔ (“crocodile”). Cognate with Muong Bi khủ (“aquatic monster”).
Noun
(classifier con) sấu • (𩽉 - 䱸, 𩽤)
- crocodile
- (by extension) crocodilian
Etymology 2
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Noun
(classifier cây, trái, quả) sấu • (㮴, 蓃)
- Dracontomelon duperreanum, a species of flowering plants in the Anacardiaceae (cashew family).
- (by extension) The genus Dracontomelum.
- Fruit of Dracontomelon duperreanum.
References
Further reading
"Crocodilus" in Taberd J. L. (1838) Dictionarium Latino-Anamaticum, Volume 2