Vietnamese

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 lửa on Vietnamese Wikipedia
 
lửa

Alternative forms

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  • (North Central Vietnam) lả

Etymology

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From Proto-Vietic *-laːs (fire), from Proto-Mon-Khmer *slaas ~ *slaʔ (fire, to burn). Cognate with Proto-Palaungic *laːs (to burn) (whence Riang [Lang] las² ("to scrape, strike a match")) and Proto-Katuic *las (to trigger; fire shot) (whence Pacoh layh). Compare also Nghệ An/Hà Tĩnh dialects lả.

Attested in Phật thuyết đại báo phụ mẫu ân trọng kinh (佛說大報父母恩重經) as 阿呂 (MC 'a ljoX) (modern SV: a or a lữ).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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lửa

  1. fire (chemical reaction)

(classifier ngọn, đám) lửa ()

  1. a flame or blaze
    thổi bùng lên ngọn lửa đam mê
    to blow the passionate flame; the ignite passion

See also

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Derived terms