sếu

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See also: seu, SEU, seü, and se'u

Vietnamese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Also compare the place name Khuê Liễu, whose demotic name (tên Nôm) was làng Sếu. I can't seem to find the spelling in Chinese characters for the name though. The earlier form can be reconstructed as *k-reːwʔ.”

Compare Khmer ក្រៀល (kriəl, “sarus crane”), Mon ကြေဲ (krea, “sarus crane”).

Probably originally imitative, compare Latin grūs, Yakut туруйа (turuya), Japanese 鶴 (tsuru).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

(classifier con) sếu • (鶮, 𫛎)

  1. crane (bird)
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