lửa

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Vietnamese

 lửa on Vietnamese Wikipedia
lửa

Etymology

From Proto-Vietic *-laːs (fire), from Proto-Mon-Khmer *slaas ~ *slaʔ (fire, to burn); cognate with Proto-Palaungic *laas (to set fire) and Proto-Katuic *las (to trigger; fire shot) (whence Pacoh layh). Compare also Nghệ An/Hà Tĩnh dialects lả.

Pronunciation

Noun

(classifier ngọn, đám) lửa ()

  1. fire (chemical reaction)

See also

Derived terms