trầu

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "trau"

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Proto-Vietic *b-luː, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *ml(əw) (“betel”). Cognate with Bahnar bơlŏu, Mon ဇဗၠူ (həplùˀ) and Khmer ម្លូ (mluu).

Compare the village name Phù Lưu 扶留 (MC bju ljuw), whose demotic name (tên Nôm) is Giầu.

Alternative forms

  • (Northern Vietnam) giầu
  • (North Central Vietnam) trù (no diphthongization)

Noun

(classifier cây, lá) trầu • (𫈜, 𫑱, 𣞾)

  1. betel

(classifier miếng) trầu

  1. a paan
    bã trầu ― discarded (spit out) chewed paans
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Etymology 2

See rầu for the sound change.

Noun

trầu

  1. Bình Định and Phú Yên form of trời (“sky, heaven”)
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