trâu
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See also: Appendix:Variations of "trau"
Vietnamese
Alternative forms
- (certain coastal Northern dialects, endangered) tâu (dialects with /ʈ/-/t/ merger)
- (certain coastal North Central dialects, endangered) tu (dialects with /ʈ/-/t/ merger, no diphthongization)
- (North Central Vietnam) tru (no diphthongization)
Etymology
From Northern Middle Vietnamese tlâu, from Proto-Vietic *c-luː. Cognate with North Central Vietnamese tru, Muong tlu, Old Mon jlow (“ox, bull, cattle”) (whence Mon ဂၠဴ, Nyah Kur chǝlòw), Mang løː⁶ and Phong-Kniang jlǝːw.
Khmer ឆ្លូវ (chləw, “Year of the Ox”) was borrowed from a Vietic variety, and thus is not an inherited cognate of the terms listed above.
Pronunciation
Noun
(classifier con) trâu • (𤛠, 𬌥, 㺏, 𤠋)
- (zoology) a water buffalo; Asiatic buffalo (a bovid of the species Bubalus bubalis)
- trâu trắng ― an albino water buffalo
- (zoology, by extension) any buffalo of the genus Bubalus or the subtribe Bubalina)
Derived terms
See also
- nghé (“water buffalo calf”)
- bò (“Southern Yellow bovine”)
Adjective
trâu
- (slang, video games) enduring; tough; hard
- Con boss game này trâu quá. ― This game's boss is super tough (to beat).