bơ

See also: Appendix:Variations of "bo"

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɓəː˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɓəː˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ʔɓəː˧˧]

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French beurre. For the association between “butter” and “avocado”, compare Chinese 牛油果 (ngưu du quả, “avocado”, literally “butter fruit”), Chinese 酪梨 (lạc lê, “avocado”, literally “cheese pear”).

Noun

bơ

1. butter
2. short for ống bơ (“can”)

   Synonym: bò

   nấu một bơ gạo ― to cook a can of rice

Noun

(classifier cây, trái, quả) bơ

1. avocado

Etymology 2

Verb

bơ • (巴,吧,𠀧,𪩬)

1. (colloquial) to ignore

Derived terms

• bơ vơ
• tỉnh bơ