trầu
Vietnamese
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle Vietnamese 𣞾 (blàu), from Proto-Vietic *b-luː, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *ml(əw) (“betel”). Cognate with Nghệ An/Hà Tĩnh dialects trù, Bahnar bơlŏu, Mon ဇဗၠူ (həplùˀ) and Khmer ម្លូ (mluu).
Pronunciation
Noun
(classifier cây, lá) trầu • (𫈜, 𫑱, 𣞾)
(classifier miếng) trầu
- a paan
- bã trầu
- discarded (spit out) chewed paans
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