bợ

See also: Appendix:Variations of "bo"

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

bợ • (把, 󱬵)

1. (obsolete) to prop, to support
2. (obsolete) to tend to
   • 15th century, Nguyễn Trãi, “言志 Ngôn chí 10”, in Quốc âm thi tập (國音詩集):

     店清吸月迎𱔩
     𣈜永𫀅花把核

     Đêm thanh hớp nguyệt nghiêng chén.
     Ngày vắng xem hoa bợ cây.

     On the clear nights, I tilt my cup and sip the moon;
     On the idle days, I gaze at my flowers and tend to my plants.

Derived terms

Derived terms

• bợ đít
• bợ đỡ
• nịnh bợ

 

Etymology 2

From Proto-Vietic *bəːʔ (Ferlus, 2007). The n-infixed form of this word yields nợ (“debt; to owe”).

Verb

bợ • (備, 󱇹, 󱬵)

1. (obsolete) to temporarily borrow, to pawn, to collateralize
   • 15th century, Nguyễn Trãi, “寶鏡警戒 Bảo kính cảnh giới 19”, in Quốc âm thi tập (國音詩集):

     𡗶㐌固庫無盡
     停底兒孫塊備為

     Trời đã có kho vô tận.
     Dành để nhi tôn khỏi bợ vay.

     Heaven already possesses an infinite storehouse;
     So its children shan't need to pawn and borrow.

Usage notes

Survives fossilized in the compound adjective tạm bợ.

Derived terms

Derived terms

• tạm bợ

 

Etymology 3

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

(classifier cây) bợ

1. Marsilea quadrifolia

   Synonyms: bợ nước, cỏ bợ, cỏ chữ điền, rau bợ, tần, cỏ tứ diệp