cưa

See also: cua, Cua, CUA, của, cửa, and cu'a

Vietnamese

Etymology

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 鋸 (“saw; to saw off”; SV: cứ). Related to cứa, khứa.

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [kɨə˧˧]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [kɨə˧˧]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [kɨə˧˧]

Verb

cưa

to saw
to amputate

Derived terms

mùn cưa (“sawdust”)

Noun

(classifier cái, cây) cưa

saw

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