trừu

Vietnamese edit

Etymology edit

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 羜 (“five-month-old sheep or goat”, SV: trữ) with rime "-ừu" due to influence by cừu (“sheep”)?”

Pronunciation edit

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕiw˨˩]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [ʈɨw˦˩]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ʈɨw˨˩]

Noun edit

(classifier con) trừu

(zoology) sheep (of the genus Ovis)
Synonym: cừu

Related terms edit

chiên (“lamb, young sheep”)