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bửa

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Tày

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Etymology 1

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

Noun

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(classifier tua) bửa ()

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

Etymology 2

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Noun

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(classifier coóc) bửa

  1. dhobi
    Synonym: lạp
Derived terms
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References

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  • Lục Văn Pảo, Hoàng Tuấn Nam (2003) Hoàng Triều Ân, editor, Từ điển chữ Nôm Tày [A Dictionary of (chữ) Nôm Tày]‎[1] (in Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Khoa học Xã hội
  • Léopold Michel Cadière (1910) Dictionnaire Tày-Annamite-Français [Tày-Vietnamese-French Dictionary]‎[2] (in French), Hanoi: Impressions d'Extrême-Orient

Vietnamese

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Verb

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bửa (𠠉, 𨧆)

  1. to split, to cleave