lửa
See also: Appendix:Variations of "lua"
Vietnamese
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 • (焒)
- fire (chemical reaction)
See also
Derived terms
Categories:
- Vietnamese terms inherited from Proto-Vietic
- Vietnamese terms derived from Proto-Vietic
- Vietnamese terms inherited from Proto-Mon-Khmer
- Vietnamese terms derived from Proto-Mon-Khmer
- Vietnamese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Vietnamese nouns classified by ngọn
- Vietnamese nouns classified by đám
- Vietnamese lemmas
- Vietnamese nouns
- vi:Alchemy
- vi:Fire