ngâu

Khiamniungan Naga

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɲau̯⁵²/

Verb

ngâu

  1. (Patsho) roar(to make loud intense sound)

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Noun

(classifier cây) ngâu • (㭌, 𫟌, 𫉎, 䓊)

  1. various Aglaia species, such as Aglaia duperreana (ngâu ta) and Aglaia odorata (ngâu Tàu)
Derived terms
  • ngâu ta
  • ngâu Tàu

Etymology 2

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 牛 (“ox; bull; cow”, SV: ngưu).

Noun

ngâu

  1. cow (in the context of the “The Cowherd and the Weaver Girl” folktale)
  2. (sometimes capitalised) relating to (the beginning of) the seventh lunar month, when a sudden and brief shower falls; July shower
Derived terms
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