dưa

See also: Appendix:Variations of "dua"

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [zɨə˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [jɨə˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [jɨə˧˧]

Etymology 1

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Noun

(classifier quả, trái) dưa • (荼, 畬, 𦼞, 余, 𤬀)

1. melon

Derived terms

• dưa bở
• dưa chuột
• dưa gang
• dưa hấu
• dưa leo
• dưa lê
• dưa lưới
• dưa vàng

Etymology 2

Cognate with Muong Bi tưa (“pickles”).

Unlikely from Eastern Han Chinese 菹 (*tsra) and thus non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 菹 (“salted and pickled vegetables”, SV: trư, thư) (as proposed by Alves, 2022).

Noun

dưa • (荼, 畬, 𦼞, 𧃋)

1. salted vegetables

Derived terms

• dưa góp
• dưa muối
• rau dưa