gấu
Vietnamese edit
Alternative forms edit
- (North Central Vietnam) gụ
Etymology edit
From Proto-Vietic *c-guːʔ ~ *c-kuːʔ, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *ɟkaw; cognate with Bahnar chơgơu and Proto-Katuic *hŋkaw.
The "romantic partner" sense is probably derived from gấu bông (“teddy bear”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
(classifier con) gấu • (褠, 𦵷, 𤠰)
- a bear (large mammal of family Ursidae)
- Truyện gấu ăn trăng ― Tale of the Bear Who Ate the Moon
See also edit
Derived terms
Noun edit
gấu