cưa
Tày edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Tai *klwɯəᴬ (“salt”). Cognate with Thai เกลือ (glʉʉa), Northern Thai ᨠᩖᩮᩬᩥᩋ, Lao ເກືອ (kư̄a), Tai Dam ꪹꪀ, Shan ၵိူဝ် (kǒe), Tai Nüa ᥐᥫ (koe), Ahom 𑜀𑜢𑜤𑜈𑜫 (küw), Nong Zhuang gow, Zhuang gyu. Compare also Lakkia kjie⁵¹.
Pronunciation edit
- (Thạch An – Tràng Định) IPA(key): [kɨə˧˧]
- (Trùng Khánh) IPA(key): [kɨə˦˥]
Noun edit
cưa (𡍄)
References edit
Vietnamese edit
Etymology edit
Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 鋸 (“saw; to saw off”, SV: cứ). Related to cứa, khứa.
Pronunciation edit
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [kɨə˧˧]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [kɨə˧˧]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [kɨə˧˧]
Audio (Hồ Chí Minh City) (file)
Noun edit
(classifier cái) cưa
- a saw (tool)
Verb edit
cưa
- to saw (cut with a saw)
See also edit
- mùn cưa (“sawdust”)