mủ
Vietnamese
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Vietic *ɓuh, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *ɓuh ~ *ɓuuh (“to bubble; boil”). Cognate with Thavung บุฮ, Khmer ពុះ (puh, “to boil”), Semai boh (“froth, foam”) and Talieng ʔboh ("foam, bubbles"). Other cognates through affixed form are Khmer ពពុះ (pɔpuh, “foam”), Semai buboh (“foam”) and Mon ဗၜိုဟ် (həbɒh, “foam”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
edit- pus
- (Central Vietnam, Southern Vietnam) sap; latex
- ghế mủ ― plastic chair
Derived terms
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