ngâu
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Vietnamese[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Noun[edit]
(classifier cây) ngâu • (㭌, 𫟌, 𫉎, 䓊)
- various Aglaia species, such as Aglaia duperreana (ngâu ta) and Aglaia odorata (ngâu Tàu)
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Etymology 2[edit]
Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 牛 (“ox; bull; cow”, SV: ngưu).
Noun[edit]
ngâu
- cow (in the context of the “The Cowherd and the Weaver Girl” folktale)
- (sometimes capitalised) relating to (the beginning of) the seventh lunar month, when a sudden and brief shower falls; July shower
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