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Vietnamese
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Proto-Vietic *c-ruː (“deep”), from Proto-Mon-Khmer *ɟruuʔ ~ *ɟruh ~ *rɟuh (“deep”). Cognate with Nghệ An/Hà Tĩnh dialects su, Muong khu, Khmer ជ្រៅ (crɨw), Bahnar jrŭ, Pacoh tru, Khmu ɟruʔ.
- (North Central Vietnam) su
Adjective
sâu • (娄, 溇, 漊)
- deep (having its bottom far down)
- Antonym: nông
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Adverb
sâu • (娄, 溇, 漊)
- deeply
Etymology 2
Regarding the adjectival sense, compare Japanese 虫歯 (mushiba, literally “bug tooth”).
- (North Central Vietnam) trâu
Noun
(classifier con) sâu • (蝼, , 螻)
- a caterpillar (larva of a butterfly)
Adjective
sâu • (蝼, , 螻)
- (of a tooth) with a cavity
- răng sâu ― a tooth with a cavity
- sâu răng ― (of a person) with cavities
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