trầu

See also: Appendix:Variations of "trau"

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

(Northern Vietnam) giầu
(North Central Vietnam) trù

Etymology

From Middle Vietnamese 𣞾 (blàu), from Proto-Vietic *b-luː, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *ml(əw) (“betel”). Cognate with Nghệ An/Hà Tĩnh dialects trù, Bahnar bơlŏu, Mon ဇဗၠူ (həplùˀ) and Khmer ម្លូ (mluu).

Compare the village name Phù Lưu 扶留 (MC bju ljuw), whose demotic name (tên Nôm) is Trầu/Giầu.

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕəw˨˩]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [ʈəw˦˩]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ʈəw˨˩]

Noun

(classifier cây, lá) trầu • (𫈜, 𫑱, 𣞾)

betel

(classifier miếng) trầu

a paan
bã trầu ― discarded (spit out) chewed paans

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