bợ
See also: Appendix:Variations of "bo"
Vietnamese edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Verb edit
- (obsolete) to prop, to support
- (obsolete) to tend to
- 15th century, Nguyễn Trãi, “言志 Ngôn chí 10”, in Quốc âm thi tập (國音詩集):
- 店清吸月迎𱔩
𣈜永𫀅花把核- Đêm thanh hớp nguyệt nghiêng chén.
Ngày vắng xem hoa bợ cây. - On the clear nights, I tilt my cup and sip the moon;
On the idle days, I gaze at my flowers and tend to my plants.
- Đêm thanh hớp nguyệt nghiêng chén.
Derived terms edit
Derived terms
Etymology 2 edit
From Proto-Vietic *bəːʔ (Ferlus, 2007). The n-infixed form of this word yields nợ (“debt; to owe”).
Verb edit
- (obsolete) to temporarily borrow, to pawn, to collateralize
- 15th century, Nguyễn Trãi, “寶鏡警戒 Bảo kính cảnh giới 19”, in Quốc âm thi tập (國音詩集):
- 𡗶㐌固庫無盡
停底兒孫塊備為- Trời đã có kho vô tận.
Dành để nhi tôn khỏi bợ vay. - Heaven already possesses an infinite storehouse;
So its children shan't need to pawn and borrow.
- Trời đã có kho vô tận.
Usage notes edit
Survives fossilized in the compound adjective tạm bợ.
Derived terms edit
Derived terms
Etymology 3 edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun edit
(classifier cây) bợ
- Marsilea quadrifolia
- Synonyms: bợ nước, cỏ bợ, cỏ chữ điền, rau bợ, tần, cỏ tứ diệp