bậu

See also: Appendix:Variations of "bau"

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɓəw˧˨ʔ]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɓəw˨˩ʔ]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʔɓəw˨˩˨]

Etymology 1

Cognate with Muong Bi pẫu. Compare also Tày pậu.

Attested as Middle Vietnamese bậu (“friend”) in Dictionarium Annamiticum Lusitanum et Latinum (1651).

Pronoun

bậu • (部)

  1. (archaic, literary) you
  2. (endearing, Central Vietnam, Southern Vietnam) you, my wife

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

(classifier cái) bậu • (倍)

  1. windowsill

Etymology 3

Verb

bậu • (暴, 𧔙)

  1. alternative form of bâu (“to assemble; to gather”)
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