bả

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ba"

Tày

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Tai *ɓaːꟲ (crazy). Cognate with Northern Thai ᨷ᩶ᩤ, Khün ᨷ᩶ᩤ, Lao ບ້າ (), ᦢᦱᧉ (ḃaa²), Shan မႃႈ (māa) or ဝႃႈ (wāa), Tai Nüa ᥛᥣᥲ (màa, to be angry), Ahom 𑜈𑜡 (), Thai บ้า (bâa).

Alternative forms

Adjective

bả (𠇕)

  1. crazy; foolish
    pền bảgotten crazy
    phuối bảsay foolishly
    bả pácinsane (literally, “foolish mouth”)
  2. (of an animal) rabid
    ma bảrabid dog
  3. naive
    đếch nhằng bảnaive children
  4. quick; in a hurry
    bả mừa dương méhurriedly going home to visit one's grandmother

Verb

bả

  1. to fool; to scam
    tốc bảto be fooled

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Adjective

bả

  1. in a hurry; rushed
    bả mừa dương mérushed to visit grandma at home

Verb

bả

  1. to budge; wriggle
    bả thaitwitching before death
    Tu ngù kin ím bả bấu đảy.
    The snake was so full that it couldn't move.

Synonyms

Derived terms

Etymology 3

Noun

bả

  1. banyan
    Synonym: lùng

References

  • Lương Bèn (2011) Từ điển Tày-Việt [Tay-Vietnamese dictionary]‎[1][2] (in Vietnamese), Thái Nguyên: Nhà Xuất bản Đại học Thái Nguyên
  • Dương Nhật Thanh, Hoàng Tuấn Nam (2003) Hoàng Triều Ân, editor, Từ điển chữ Nôm Tày [A Dictionary of (chữ) Nôm Tày]‎[3] (in Tày and Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Khoa học xã hội [Social Sciences Publishing House]
  • Léopold Michel Cadière (1910) Dictionnaire Tày-Annamite-Français [Tày-Vietnamese-French Dictionary]‎[4] (in French), Hanoi: Impressions d'Extrême-Orient

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɓaː˧˩]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɓaː˧˨]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʔɓaː˨˩˦]
  • Audio (Hà Nội):(file)

Etymology 1

Word formation with distal denotation by adding hỏi tone to the root in Southern Vietnamese and some topolects of Thanh Hoá.

Pronoun

bả

  1. (colloquial, Southern Vietnam, certain regions of Thanh Hoá) she; her (woman of higher social status)
Synonyms

Etymology 2

Noun

bả • (𥸿)

  1. a type of poison used to kill some kinds of animal
Derived terms