bửa

See also: Appendix:Variations of "bua"

Tày

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Any connection to bỉ?”)

Noun

(Classifier: tua) bửa (蚆)

  1. butterfly
    Tu bưa mì lai roong.
    There are many species of butterflies.

Etymology 2

Noun

(Classifier: coóc) bửa

  1. dhobi
    Synonym: lạp
Derived terms

References

  • Dương Nhật Thanh, Hoàng Tuấn Nam (2003) Hoàng Triều Ân, editor, Từ điển chữ Nôm Tày [A Dictionary of (chữ) Nôm Tày]‎[1] (in Tày and Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Khoa học xã hội [Social Sciences Publishing House]
  • Léopold Michel Cadière (1910) Dictionnaire Tày-Annamite-Français [Tày-Vietnamese-French Dictionary]‎[2] (in French), Hanoi: Impressions d'Extrême-Orient

Vietnamese

Etymology

From Proto-Vietic *bah ~ *pah. Compare Bahnar pah and Pacoh tupáh.

Pronunciation

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

Verb

bửa • (𠠉, 𨧆)

  1. to split, to cleave
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