trầu
See also: Appendix:Variations of "trau"
Vietnamese edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Vietnamese 𣞾 (blàu), from Proto-Vietic *b-luː, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *ml(əw) (“betel”). Cognate with Nghệ An/Hà Tĩnh dialects trù, Bahnar bơlŏu, Mon ဇဗၠူ (həplùˀ) and Khmer ម្លូ (mluu).
Compare the village name Phù Lưu 扶留 (MC bju ljuw), whose demotic name (tên Nôm) is Trầu/Giầu.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
(classifier cây, lá) trầu • (𫈜, 𫑱, 𣞾)
(classifier miếng) trầu
- a paan
- bã trầu ― discarded (spit out) chewed paans