trầu

See also: trau and trâu

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

giầu
trù

Etymology

From Proto-Vietic *b-luː, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *ml(əw). Cognate with Nghệ An/Hà Tĩnh dialects trù, Bahnar bơlŏu, Mon ဇဗၠူ (həplùˀ), Khmer ម្លូ (mluu).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

(classifier cây, lá) trầu (𫈜, 𫑱)

betel

(classifier miếng) trầu

a paan
bã trầu
discarded (spit out) chewed paans

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