bả

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Tày

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Tai *ɓaːꟲ (crazy). Cognate with Northern Thai ᨷ᩶ᩤ, Khün ᨷ᩶ᩤ, Lao ບ້າ (), ᦢᦱᧉ (ḃaa²), Shan မႃႈ (māa) or ဝႃႈ (wāa), Tai Nüa ᥛᥣᥲ (màa, to be angry), Ahom 𑜈𑜡 (), Thai บ้า (bâa).

Adjective

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bả (𠇕)

  1. crazy; foolish
    pền bảgotten crazy
    phuối bảsay foolishly
    bả pácinsane (literally, “foolish mouth”)
  2. (of an animal) rabid
    ma bảrabid dog
  3. naive
    đếch nhằng bảnaive children
  4. quick; in a hurry
    bả mừa dương méhurriedly going home to visit one's grandmother

Verb

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bả

  1. to fool; to scam
    tốc bảto be fooled

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Etymology 2

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Adjective

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bả

  1. in a hurry; rushed
    bả mừa dương mérushed to visit grandma at home

Verb

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bả

  1. to budge; wriggle
    bả thaitwitching before death
    Tu ngù kin ím bả bấu đảy.
    The snake was so full that it couldn't move.

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Etymology 3

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Noun

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bả

  1. banyan
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References

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  • Lương Bèn (2011) Từ điển Tày-Việt [Tay-Vietnamese dictionary]‎[1][2] (in Vietnamese), Thái Nguyên: Nhà Xuất bản Đại học Thái Nguyên
  • Lục Văn Pảo, Hoàng Tuấn Nam (2003) Hoàng Triều Ân, editor, Từ điển chữ Nôm Tày [A Dictionary of (chữ) Nôm Tày]‎[3] (in Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Khoa học Xã hội
  • Léopold Michel Cadière (1910) Dictionnaire Tày-Annamite-Français [Tày-Vietnamese-French Dictionary]‎[4] (in French), Hanoi: Impressions d'Extrême-Orient

Vietnamese

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Word formation with distal denotation by adding hỏi tone to the root in Southern Vietnamese and certain dialects of Thanh Hoá.

Pronoun

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bả

  1. (Southern Vietnam, certain topolects of Thanh Hoá) she; her (woman of higher social status)
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Etymology 2

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This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “cf. Eastern Cham caba (poison), Malay tuba, Thai เบื่อ (bʉ̀ʉa).”

Noun

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bả (𥸿)

  1. a type of poison used to kill some kinds of animal
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