vò

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Vietnamese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Proto-Vietic *vɔː.

Noun

(classifier cái) vò • (盂, 圩)

  1. jar (pot used to contain liquid)
    • 1957, Đoàn Giỏi, chapter 9, in Đất rừng phương Nam, Kim Đồng:
      Bỗng nó đặt vò nước xuống, thúc vào lưng tôi.
      Suddenly he put the water jar down and gave me a shove in the back.

Etymology 2

Cognate with vo.

Verb

vò • (扜, 趶, 紆)

  1. to crumple up
  2. to make into a ball
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Etymology 3

Inside Vietnamese, cognate with tò vò & bò in bò vẽ (“lesser banded wasp”).

Outside Vietnamese, resemblance to Chut /vɔːvɔː/ may be just coincidental as vò’s doublets suggest ancestral pre-initial and initial *t-b-.

Noun

vò • (圩, 虶, 𧋂)

  1. (obsolete) wasp
    • 里巷歌謠 Lý hạng ca dao (Folk-ballads from the hamlets and alleys)', folio 35a
      𥚇虶毒過𡳪螉
      吹𠊚散合𢴑𢚸義仁
      Lưỡi vò độc quá đuôi ong.
      Xui người tan hợp, dứt lòng nghĩa nhân.
      The wasp’s tongue is even more venomous than the bee's tail,
      Stirring folks into breaking harmony and cutting the affectional bonds of duty and humanity.
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