gạo

See also: gao, GAO, gáo, gào, gāo, gǎo, ga'o, and gàõ

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ɣaːw˧˨ʔ]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ɣaːw˨˩ʔ]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ɣaːw˨˩˨]

Etymology 1

From Proto-Vietic *-kaːwʔ (“cotton tree”). Compare Proto-Mon-Khmer *pkaaw ~ *pkaʔ (“flower, blossom”).

Noun

gạo • (槹, 檤, 檰)

1. cotton tree

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

gạo • (𥺊, 𥽌, 𬖰)

1. rice (non-glutinous)

Derived terms

• gạo lật (“brown rice”)
• gạo lứt (“brown rice”)
• gạo rằn (“brown rice”)

See also

• cơm
• lúa
• nếp