tò vò

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Vietnamese

Etymology

See vò.

Pronunciation

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(Saigon) IPA^(key): ~

Noun

(classifier con) tò vò • (蛆/蟵 + 虶, 𱿭𧋂)

wasp
Tò vò mà nuôi con nhện
Đến khi nó lớn, nó quyện nhau đi
Tò vò ngồi khóc tỉ ti
Nhện ơi! Nhện hỡi! Mày đi đằng nào?
If a wasp were to raise a spider
When it be grown up, it would leave
The wasp would sit there weeping
O spider! My spider! Whither art thou gone?

Further reading

Nguyễn Lân Dũng, "Ý nghĩa thực sự của bài 'Tò vò mà nuôi con nhện (The true meaning of the poem "(If) the wasp (were to) raise the spider")'" Báo Nông Nghiệp Việt Nam (Vietnamese Agriculture Magazine).

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