bồ

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Tày[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Borrowed from Vietnamese bồ.

Noun[edit]

bồ

  1. bamboo basket
    bồ khẩu coócunhusked rice basket

Etymology 2[edit]

Noun[edit]

bồ

  1. picul
    bồ khẩua picul of rice
    bồ hảpicul and a half (literally, “picul and five”)

References[edit]

  • Lương Bèn (2011) Từ điển Tày-Việt [Tay-Vietnamese dictionary]‎[1][2] (in Vietnamese), Thái Nguyên: Nhà Xuất bản Đại học Thái Nguyên
  • Léopold Michel Cadière (1910) Dictionnaire Tày-Annamite-Français [Tày-Vietnamese-French Dictionary]‎[3] (in French), Hanoi: Impressions d'Extrême-Orient

Vietnamese[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Noun[edit]

bồ (, )

  1. (colloquial) boyfriend; girlfriend; date; romantic partner
    Synonym: người yêu

Pronoun[edit]

bồ

  1. (colloquial) you, my pal/mate/buddy
Derived terms[edit]
Derived terms

Etymology 2[edit]

Noun[edit]

(classifier cái) bồ ()

  1. bamboo basket
Derived terms[edit]

Etymology 3[edit]

Might be related to the prefixal element in bồ cào, bồ hóng, and bồ nhìn/bù nhìn.

Alternative forms[edit]

Prefix[edit]

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bồ

  1. (non-productive) used to form birds' names
    bồ câu (dove, pigeon)
    bồ nông (pelican)
    bồ các (Eurasian magpie)
    bồ cắt (falcon)
    bồ cốc (cormorant)
    bồ chao (white-crested laughing-thrush)