đao
See also: Appendix:Variations of "dao"
Jarai edit
Etymology edit
Compare Chinese 刀 (dāo, “knife; single-edged sword”), Vietnamese đao (“katana”)
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
đao (classifier ƀĕ)
- a sword
References edit
- Siu, Lap Minh (2009 December) Developing the First Preliminary Dictionary of North American Jarai[1], Texas Tech University, page 73
Muong edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Vietic *p-ɗoː (“yeast”). Cognate with Thavung pədoː¹, Pacoh pido (“leaven for wine”), Khmu [Cuang] pdoʔ ("yeast"), Danau kᵊdo⁴ ("spirit, liquor").
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
đao
- (Mường Bi) yeast
References edit
- Nguyễn Văn Khang, Bùi Chỉ, Hoàng Văn Hành (2002) Từ điển Mường - Việt (Muong - Vietnamese dictionary), Nhà xuất bản Văn hoá Dân tộc Hà Nội
Vietnamese edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Sino-Vietnamese word from 刀.
Noun edit
Derived terms edit
See also edit
- dao (“knife”)
Etymology 2 edit
Sino-Vietnamese word from 刀, borrowed from Japanese 刀 (katana, tō)
Noun edit
Etymology 3 edit
Borrowed from English Down, from the name of John Langdon Down.
Alternative forms edit
Noun edit
đao