gạo
Vietnamese
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Proto-Vietic *-kaːwʔ (“cotton tree”). Compare Proto-Mon-Khmer *pkaaw ~ *pkaʔ (“flower, blossom”).
Noun
Etymology 2
From Proto-Vietic *r-koːʔ (“rice”), from Proto-Mon-Khmer *rk[aw]ʔ (“husked rice”). Cognate with Muong cảo, Khmer អង្ករ (ʼɑngkɑɑ, “uncooked, dehusked rice”), Khasi khaw, (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Chong [rəkʰəw]; Munda cognates include Gata' [rekoˀ] ("uncooked rice"). According to Sagart (2003), Proto-Tai *C̬.qawᶜ (“rice”), whence Thai ข้าว (kâao), Lao ເຂົ້າ (khao), Lü ᦃᧁᧉ (ẋaw²), was borrowed from Austroasiatic.
Noun
- rice (non-glutinous)
Derived terms
- gạo lật (“brown rice”)
- gạo lứt (“brown rice”)
- gạo rằn (“brown rice”)