bừa

See also: Appendix:Variations of "bua"

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɓɨə˨˩]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɓɨə˦˩]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʔɓɨə˨˩]

Etymology 1

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 耙 (SV: bà) preceding the formalization of Sino-Vietnamese pronunciation.[1]

Noun

(classifier cái) bừa • (耚, 耙)

  1. rake; harrow

Verb

bừa • (耚, 耙)

  1. to rake; to harrow

See also

  • cày bừa

Etymology 2

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Adverb

bừa

  1. helter-skelter; topsy-turvy
  2. rash; random; reckless
    Cứ để bừa ở đâu đi.
    You should just put it wherever.
See also

References

  1. ^ Alves, Mark J. (22 July 2014) “A Note on the Early Sino-Vietnamese Loanword for ‘Rake/Harrow’”, in Cahiers de Linguistique Asie Orientale‎[1], volume 43, number 1, →DOI, →ISSN, pages 32–38
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