sấu
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Vietnamese[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [səw˧˦]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [ʂəw˨˩˦] ~ [səw˨˩˦]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [ʂəw˦˥] ~ [səw˦˥]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Proto-Vietic *k-ruːʔ (“crocodile”). Cognate with Muong Bi khủ (“aquatic monster”).
Noun[edit]
(classifier con) sấu • (𩽉 - 䱸, 𩽤)
- crocodile
- (by extension) crocodilian
Etymology 2[edit]
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun[edit]
(classifier cây, trái, quả) sấu • (㮴, 蓃)[1]
- Dracontomelon duperreanum, a species of flowering plants in the Anacardiaceae (cashew family).
- (by extension) The genus Dracontomelum.
- Fruit of Dracontomelon duperreanum.
References[edit]
Further reading[edit]
"Crocodilus" in Taberd J. L. (1838) Dictionarium Latino-Anamaticum, Volume 2
Categories:
- Vietnamese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Vietnamese terms inherited from Proto-Vietic
- Vietnamese terms derived from Proto-Vietic
- Vietnamese nouns classified by con
- Vietnamese lemmas
- Vietnamese nouns
- Vietnamese nouns classified by cây
- Vietnamese nouns classified by trái
- Vietnamese nouns classified by quả
- vi:Crocodilians