rựa

See also: Appendix:Variations of "rua"

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

  • (North Central Vietnam) rạ (no diphthongization)

Etymology

From Proto-Vietic *m-raːʔ. Cognate with Pacoh pra (“large knife, cleaver”), Mang pjaː² (“knife”), Mon မြ (“a kind of knife”), O'du braː ("knife"). See also Thai พร้า (práa).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

(classifier cái, cây) rựa • (𠟹, 𨮌)

  1. kind of bush knife

Derived terms

  • dao rựa
  • rựa quéo
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