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Vietnamese
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Proto-Vietic *p-rah. Cognate with Muong khã, Nguôn rả.
Attested in Phật thuyết đại báo phụ mẫu ân trọng kinh (佛說大報父母恩重經) as ⿰吕巴, composed of 巴 (MC pae) + 吕 (MC ljoX) (modern SV: ba lã), ⿰吕巨, composed of 巨 (MC gjoX) + 吕 (MC ljoX) (modern SV: cự lã) and 吕 (MC ljoX) (modern SV: lã).
Alternative forms
- (North Central Vietnam) trã
- (North Central Vietnam) sã
Noun
sữa • (𣳪, 𣷱, 𣷲)
- milk (white liquid produced by the mammary glands of female mammals to nourish their young)
- sữa bò ― cow milk
- sữa bột ― powdered milk
- sữa chua ― either soured milk or yogurt
Sữa mẹ là nguồn dinh dưỡng tốt nhất cho sự phát triển của trẻ sơ sinh và trẻ nhỏ.- Mothers' milk is the optimal nutrient for their newborns' and/or infants' development.
- milk (liquid from a vegetable source)
- sữa đậu nành ― soy milk
- semen
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Etymology 2
Noun
(classifier cây) sữa
- blackboard tree, scholar tree (Alstonia scholaris)
- Alstonia spp.
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