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Etymology 1 edit

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Particularly: “Compare Khmu [Cuang] pəh ("to abandon, to be separated") (as in maʔ pəh ("divorced woman")). Suwilai (2002)'s Dictionary of Khmu in Laos glossed it as "to place, to keep, to leave behind".”

Verb edit

bỏ (, , 𠬃, 𠬕, 𠬖)

  1. to put; to place
    bỏ chai nước lên bànto put a bottle of water on the table
  2. to drop; to toss
  3. to take off; to remove
    Vậy nhóm quyết định bỏ tiết mục này phải hông?
    So we've decided to scrap this performance, correct?
  4. to leave; to abandon
    Thằng anh bỏ đi học rồi mà thằng em vẫn chưa thức.
    The older brother already left for school but the younger brother is still asleep.
  5. to quit (like a bad habit)
    bỏ hút thuốcto quit smoking
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Etymology 2 edit

Noun edit

bỏ

  1. (Christianity, colloquial) a godfather
    bỏ đỡ đầumale godparent