đao

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "dao"

Jarai

Etymology

Compare Chinese 刀 (dāo, “knife; single-edged sword”), Vietnamese đao (“katana”)

Pronunciation

Noun

đao (classifier ƀĕ)

  1. a sword

References

  • Siu, Lap Minh (2009 December) Developing the First Preliminary Dictionary of North American Jarai‎, Texas Tech University, page 73

Muong

Etymology

From Proto-Vietic *p-ɗoː (“yeast”). Cognate with Thavung pədoː¹, Pacoh pido (“leaven for wine”), Khmu pdoʔ ("yeast"), Danau kᵊdo⁴ ("spirit, liquor").

Pronunciation

Noun

đao

  1. (Mường Bi) yeast

References

  • Nguyễn Văn Khang, Bùi Chỉ, Hoàng Văn Hành (2002) Từ điển Mường - Việt (Muong - Vietnamese dictionary)‎, Nhà xuất bản Văn hoá Dân tộc Hà Nội

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Sino-Vietnamese word from 刀.

Noun

(classifier thanh, cây) đao

  1. a Chinese sabre
Derived terms

See also

  • dao (“knife”)

Etymology 2

Sino-Vietnamese word from 刀, borrowed from Japanese 刀 (katana, tō)

Noun

(classifier thanh, cây) đao

  1. (rare) a katana

Etymology 3

Borrowed from English Down, from the name of John Langdon Down.

Alternative forms

Noun

đao

  1. Down syndrome
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