bể
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See also: Appendix:Variations of "be"
Vietnamese[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Proto-Vietic *peh ~ *pes.
Compare also Malay tasik (“lake”) for the semantic relationship.
Noun[edit]
- (archaic in mainstream Vietnamese dialects, regular usage in many dialects of North Central Vietnam) sea, ocean
Derived terms[edit]
Derived terms
Descendants[edit]
- → Tai Dam: ꪙꪾ꫁ꪹꪚꪸ꫁
Noun[edit]
(classifier cái) bể • (𣷭, 波, 𤅶)
- some small water bodies, reserves or containers; a lake, a pool, a water reserve, a water tank, etc.
- bể bơi ― a swimming pool
- bể nước ― a water tank
Etymology 2[edit]
From Proto-Vietic *-peh.
Verb[edit]
Adjective[edit]
Categories:
- Vietnamese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Vietnamese terms inherited from Proto-Vietic
- Vietnamese terms derived from Proto-Vietic
- Vietnamese lemmas
- Vietnamese nouns
- Vietnamese terms with archaic senses
- Central Vietnamese
- Vietnamese nouns classified by cái
- Vietnamese terms with usage examples
- Vietnamese verbs
- Vietnamese adjectives
- vi:Bodies of water
- vi:Containers
- vi:Landforms