vò
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See also: Appendix:Variations of "vo"
Vietnamese
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Proto-Vietic *vɔː.
Noun
[edit]- jar (pot used to contain liquid)
- 1957, Đoàn Giỏi, chapter 9, in Đất rừng phương Nam, Kim Đồng:
- Bỗng nó đặt vò nước xuống, thúc vào lưng tôi.
- Suddenly he put the water jar down and gave me a shove in the back.
Etymology 2
[edit]Cognate with vo.
Verb
[edit]- to crumple up
- to make into a ball
Derived terms
[edit]Etymology 3
[edit]Inside Vietnamese, cognate with tò vò & bò in bò vẽ (“lesser banded wasp”).
Outside Vietnamese, resemblance to Chut /vɔːvɔː/ may be just coincidental as vò’s doublets suggest ancestral pre-initial and initial *t-b-.
Noun
[edit]- (obsolete) wasp
- 里巷歌謠 Lý hạng ca dao (Folk-ballads from the hamlets and alleys)', folio 35a
- 𥚇虶毒過𡳪螉
吹𠊚散合𢴑𢚸義仁- Lưỡi vò độc quá đuôi ong.
Xui người tan hợp, dứt lòng nghĩa nhân. - The wasp’s tongue is even more venomous than the bee's tail,
Stirring folks into breaking harmony and cutting the affectional bonds of duty and humanity.
- Lưỡi vò độc quá đuôi ong.
- 里巷歌謠 Lý hạng ca dao (Folk-ballads from the hamlets and alleys)', folio 35a
Derived terms
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