bả

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Tày[edit]

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Etymology 1[edit]

From Proto-Tai *ɓaːꟲ (crazy). Cognate with Northern Thai ᨷ᩶ᩤ, Khün ᨷ᩶ᩤ, Lao ບ້າ (), ᦢᦱᧉ (ḃaa²), Shan မႃႈ (māa) or ဝႃႈ (wāa), Tai Nüa ᥛᥣᥲ (màa, to be angry), Ahom 𑜈𑜡 (), Thai บ้า (bâa).

Adjective[edit]

bả (𠇕)

  1. crazy; foolish
    pền bảgotten crazy
    phuối bảsay foolishly
    bả pácinsane (literally, “foolish mouth”)
  2. (of an animal) rabid
    ma bảrabid dog
  3. naive
    đếch nhằng bảnaive children
  4. quick; in a hurry
    bả mừa dương méhurriedly going home to visit one's grandmother

Verb[edit]

bả

  1. to fool; to scam
    tốc bảto be fooled

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Etymology 2[edit]

Adjective[edit]

bả

  1. in a hurry; rushed
    bả mừa dương mérushed to visit grandma at home

Verb[edit]

bả

  1. to budge; wriggle
    bả thaitwitching before death
    Tu ngù kin ím bả bấu đảy.
    The snake was so full that it couldn't move.

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Noun[edit]

bả

  1. banyan

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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
  • Lục Văn Pảo, Hoàng Tuấn Nam (2003) Hoàng Triều Ân, editor, Từ điển chữ Nôm Tày [A Dictionary of (chữ) Nôm Tày]‎[3] (in Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Khoa học Xã hội
  • Léopold Michel Cadière (1910) Dictionnaire Tày-Annamite-Français [Tày-Vietnamese-French Dictionary]‎[4] (in French), Hanoi: Impressions d'Extrême-Orient

Vietnamese[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Contraction of + the demonstrative ấy (that) in the southern dialects, with the latter manifested as the hỏi tone after monosyllabification.

Pronoun[edit]

bả

  1. (Southern Vietnam) she; her (woman of higher social status)
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Etymology 2[edit]

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “cf. Eastern Cham caba (poison), Malay tuba, Thai เบื่อ (bʉ̀ʉa).”

Noun[edit]

bả (𥸿)

  1. a type of poison used to kill some kinds of animal
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