bả

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ba"

Vietnamese edit

Pronunciation edit

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

Etymology 1 edit

Contraction of bà + the demonstrative ấy (“that”) in the southern dialects, with the latter manifested as the hỏi tone after monosyllabification.

Pronoun edit

bả

(Southern Vietnam) she; her (woman of higher social status)

Synonyms edit

(she): bà ấy

Etymology 2 edit

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Particularly: “cf. Eastern Cham caba (“poison”), Malay tuba, Thai เบื่อ (bʉ̀ʉa).”

Noun edit

bả • (𥸿)

a type of poison used to kill some kinds of animal

Derived terms edit

bả chuột (poison to kill rats and mice)
bả chó (poison to kill dogs)
đánh bả (to poison using bả)