See also: Appendix:Variations of "cua"
Vietnamese
Etymology
Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 鋸 (“saw; to saw off”, SV: cứ). Compare cưa.
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [kɨə˧˦]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [kɨə˨˩˦]
- (Saigon) IPA(key): [kɨə˦˥]
Verb
cứa
- to cut little by little; to saw off
Derived terms