dứa

See also: Appendix:Variations of "dua"

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

• (obsolete) giứa

Etymology

From Proto-Vietic *-caːʔ (“pandanus”), with pandanus now being called dứa dại.

Attested as giứa in the Dictionarium Annamiticum Lusitanum et Latinum (1651).

The etymological spelling giứa is now virtually never used, being replaced by dứa.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

(classifier cây, quả, trái) dứa • (𦼥, 架)

1. (Northern Vietnam) pineapple

Synonyms

• (pineapple): thơm (southern Vietnam), khóm (dialectal), khớm (dialectal), huyền nương (dated)