rựa

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

• (North Central Vietnam) rạ (no diphthongization)

Etymology

From Proto-Vietic *m-raːʔ. Cognate with Pacoh pra (“large knife, cleaver”), Mang pjaː² (“knife”), Mon မြ (“a kind of knife”), O'du braː ("knife"). See also Thai พร้า (práa).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

(classifier cái, cây) rựa • (𠟹, 𨮌)

1. kind of bush knife

Derived terms

• dao rựa
• rựa quéo