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Tai Do
Etymology
From Proto-Tai *p.taːᴬ (“eye”).
Noun
tả
- eye
References
- Sầm Văn Bình (2018) Từ điển Thái–Việt (Tiếng Thái Nghệ An) [Tai–Vietnamese Dictionary (Nghệ An Tai)], Nghệ An: Nhà xuất bản Nghệ An
Tho
Etymology
From Proto-Vietic *l-taːʔ. Cognate with Vietnamese đá.
Pronunciation
Noun
tả
- (Cuối Chăm) rock; stone
Vietnamese
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Sino-Vietnamese word from 瀉 (“to have diarrhoea”).
Noun
tả
- (pathology, informal) Short for dịch tả (“cholera”).
Etymology 2
Sino-Vietnamese word from 左 (“left”).
Noun
tả
- (only in compounds) left
- (politics) left; left wing
Etymology 3
Sino-Vietnamese word from 寫 (“to write”).
Verb
tả
- to describe; to depict; to picture
Etymology 4
Adjective
tả • (𪭥)
- crumbling; pulverised; ragged
Derived terms