vầu

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Vietnamese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

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Noun

(classifier cây) vầu ()

  1. kind of bamboo commonly found in Northern Vietnam (Bambusa nutans[1])
    Synonym: tre vầu
    • 1994, Bàn Tài Đoàn, Lô Quang Kháng, Khu Quang Trung, căn cứ địa Việt Minh trong vùng đồng bào Dao trước 1945: Hồi ký, Văn hóa dân tộc, page 17:
      Người Dao dùng cây vầu phục vụ đời sống rất nhiều thứ.
      Yao people use vầu for a variety of applications.

Etymology 2

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Noun

(classifier con) vầu

  1. kind of clam
    • 2010, Nguyễn Thu Minh, Trần Văn Lạng, Làng nghề và những nghề thủ công truyền thống ở Bắc Giang, Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Văn hóa thông tin, page 180:
      Khi mò được đầy sọt trai, người thợ lại lên bờ đổ trai, vầu vào đồ đựng lớn hơn mà họ mang theo.
      After digging a basketful of mussels, the worker then moves onshore to pour those said mussels and clams into a larger container that they had brought along with them.

References

  1. ^ MM. Ch. Crevoset, Ch. Lemarié (1920 May 1) “Plantes et produits filamenteux et textiles de l'Indochine”, in Service de la statistique générale de l'Indochine, editor, Bulletin économique de l'Indochine (in French), volume 23, number 142, Hanoi & Haiphong: Imprimerie d'Extrême-Orient, page 411