đà

See also: đá, đã, đả, and Appendix:Variations of "da"

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɗaː˨˩]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɗaː˦˩]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ʔɗaː˨˩]

Etymology 1

Noun

đà

1. momentum (impetus, either of a body in motion, or of an idea or course of events)

   lấy đà

   to bend your knees and move your torso backward or downward so you can spring forward or leap upward

   cứ đà này

   at this rate

   Cứ đà này rồi khách chẳng đến, có mà bốc cứt mà ăn !

   At this rate, customers will stop coming, all you'll have to feed yourself is shit!

Etymology 2

Noun

đà

1. beam, girder