trả

See also: Appendix:Variations of "tra"

Vietnamese edit

Alternative forms edit

(Northern Vietnam) giả

Etymology edit

Compare Chut pla꞉⁴.

Attested in Phật thuyết đại báo phụ mẫu ân trọng kinh (佛說大報父母恩重經) as 把 (MC paeX) (modern SV: bả) and 󰑼, phonetic 羅 (MC la) (modern SV: la). Compare trong (which was something like *klɔŋ^A1 at the time), which was also written with characters that leave out the medial liquid.

Pronunciation edit

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕaː˧˩]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [ʈaː˧˨]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ʈaː˨˩˦]

Verb edit

trả • (把, 呂, 𫭐, 𫡽, 𬩀)

to return, to give back
Antonym: mượn
to pay

Derived terms edit

Derived terms