rựa

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

  • (North Central Vietnam) rạ (no diphthongization)

Etymology

From Proto-Vietic *m-raːʔ. Cognate with Pacoh pra (large knife, cleaver), Mang pjaː² (knife), Mon မြ (a kind of knife), O'du braː ("knife"). See also Thai พร้า (práa).

Pronunciation

Noun

(classifier cái, cây) rựa • (𠟹, 𨮌)

  1. machete
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