lừa

See also: Appendix:Variations of "lua"

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 驢 (“donkey”, SV: lư). Compare Khmer លា (liə).

Noun

(classifier con) lừa • (驢)

  1. a donkey
Descendants
  • → Tai Dam: ꪹꪩ

See also

Etymology 2

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 濾 (“to filter, to strain out”, SV: lự).[1]

Verb

lừa • (嚧, 𡃖, 𢗼, 𢥈, 𬐸)

  1. to pick out
    lừa banh ~ lừa bóng ― to dribble a ball
    Ngồi buồn nhớ mẹ ta xưa,
    Miệng nhai cơm búng, lưỡi lừa cá xương
    I sit gloomy, missing my mother of old,
    Her mouth prechewing rice into boli, her tongue picking out fish bones.
Derived terms
  • lừa lọc

Etymology 3

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

Verb

lừa

  1. to dupe; to trick
Derived terms

References

  1. ^ An Chi (2019) “Lắt léo chữ nghĩa: Nghĩa gốc của hai tiếng lừa lọc”, in Thanh Niên‎[1]
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