cá bông lau

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Etymology

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(fish) +‎ bông lau.

The Đại Nam quấc âm tự vị (1895) defined bông lau as "Vẻ xen lộn có đen có trắng; bông cây lau" ("the appearance is a mix of black and white; reed flowers"). The intended sense is likely the first one, thus probably "black-and-white fish".

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(classifier con) bông lau

  1. a type of shark catfish, Pangasius krempfi