cựa

See also: Appendix:Variations of "cua"

Vietnamese

Etymology

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 距 (“spur”, SV: cự).

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [kɨə˧˨ʔ]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [kɨə˨˩ʔ]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [kɨə˨˩˨]

Noun

(classifier cái) cựa

  1. spur (of roosters)

Verb

cựa

  1. to stir; to move
  2. (colloquial) to disentangle; to extricate oneself

Derived terms

  • cựa quậy
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