sữa

See also: Appendix:Variations of "sua"

See also: sửa

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [sɨə˦ˀ˥]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [ʂɨə˧˨] ~ [sɨə˧˨]
(Saigon) IPA^(key): [ʂɨə˨˩˦] ~ [sɨə˨˩˦]
Homophone: sửa (Southern Vietnam)
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Etymology 1

From Proto-Vietic *p-rah (Ferlus, 2007). Cognate with Muong khã, Nguôn [Cổ Liêm] rả.

Attested in Phật thuyết đại báo phụ mẫu ân trọng kinh (佛說大報父母恩重經) as ⿰呂巴, composed of 巴 (MC pae) + 呂 (MC ljoX) (modern SV: ba lã), ⿰呂巨, composed of 巨 (MC gjoX) + 呂 (MC ljoX) (modern SV: cự lã) and 呂 (MC ljoX) (modern SV: lã).

Alternative forms

(North Central Vietnam) trã/trạ (in lects where /*C-r/ > ‹tr-›, with ngã-nặng merger)
(North Central Vietnam) sã (in lects where /*-a-/ is preserved)

Noun

sữa • (𣳪, 𣷱, 𣷲)

milk (white liquid produced by female mammals)
váng sữa ― milk cream

sữa bò ― cow milk

sữa bột ― powdered milk

bò nái sữa ― milk cow

răng sữa ― baby tooth

sữa vú; sữa mẹ ― breast milk

bú sữa; nặn sữa; mớm sữa ― to suckle

căng sữa ― full breast

dứt sữa ― to wean

bóp sữa ― to prepare the udder before milking

miệng hôi mùi sữa
[someone's] mouth having some milk left (evoking a smell)

Sữa mẹ là nguồn dinh dưỡng tốt nhất cho sự phát triển của trẻ nhỏ.
[Breast] milk is the optimal nutrient for the development of their infants.
milk (white liquid from a vegetable source)
sữa đậu nành ― soy milk

sữa hạnh nhân ― almond milk
(slang) milk (semen)
Bố đi mua sữa. (contextual)
He cummed.

Synonyms

(white liquid from a vegetable source): nước

Derived terms

Etymology 2

So called because of its milky sap. Semantically, compare English milkwood.

Noun

(classifier cây) sữa

milkwood (Alstonia scholaris)
Alstonia spp.

Synonyms

(Alstonia scholaris): hoa sữa, mò cua

Derived terms

References

J[ean] F[rançois] M[arie] Génibrel (1898) “sữa”, in Dictionnaire annamite-français [Traditional Han: 大越國音漢字法釋集成] (in French), 2nd edition, Saigon: Imprimerie de la Mission à Tân-Dinh, page 712