rùa

See also: rua, rúa, ruá, rũa, rủa, rữa, rửa, and ru'a

Vietnamese

Etymology

From Proto-Vietic *ʔa-rɔː; cognate with Arem /arɑː/. Compare Nghệ An/Hà Tĩnh dialects rò.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [zuə˨˩]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʐuə˦˩]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ɹuə˨˩]

Noun

(classifier con) rùa • (𧒍, 𧒌, 𪛅, 𧒉, 𪛇)

1. turtle; tortoise

Synonyms

• qui, quy