rượu

See also: ruou

Vietnamese

Etymology

From Proto-Vietic *raːwʔ. Cognate with Muong Bi rão, Tho [Cuối Chăm] riɛw⁴, Proto-Pong *riɛw⁴. This word is only attested in the more innovative subgroups (Viet-Muong, Tho, Pong), while the more conservative subgroups such as Chutic inheriting reflexes of *p-ɗoː (originally "yeast", cf. Khmu [Cuang] pdoʔ ("yeast")) or some other words.

Considering the paucity of cognates, the lack of indication of semantic shift from earlier meaning and that it is a cultural item, this is probably ultimately a loanword, although the origin is not yet clear. However, compare Proto-Tai *ʰlawꟲ (whence Thai เหล้า (lâo)), as well as these Sino-Tibetan words: Chinese 醪 (OC *ruːw, “alcohol with dregs”) (ZS),Tibetan རུ་མ (ru ma, “curdled milk”), and Jingpho ru (“liquor”).

This is not a cognate nor descendant of Chinese 酒 (OC *tsuʔ) (B-S). As indicated by reflexes in other Vietic languages, Vietnamese ‹r-› is inherited and is not the result of spirantization.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

rượu • (酒, 溜, 𨢇, 𤄍, 𲆴)

1. liquor

Hypernyms

• ancol (“alcohol”)

Derived terms

• bia rượu
• cơm rượu
• dã rượu
• giã rượu
• giải rượu
• hầm rượu
• rượu bã
• rượu bia
• rượu cẩm
• rượu cần
• rượu chè
• rượu chổi
• rượu cốc-tai
• rượu cốctay
• rượu cồn
• rượu dân tộc
• rượu đế
• rượu gạo
• rượu lậu
• rượu mời không uống, muốn uống rượu phạt
• rượu mùi
• rượu nặng
• rượu nếp
• rượu ngọn
• rượu nho
• rượu quốc lủi
• rượu rắn
• rượu táo
• rượu tăm
• rượu thuốc
• rượu vang
• tỉnh rượu

See also

• bia
• cồn