ngâu
Vietnamese
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editEtymology 1
editNoun
edit(classifier cây) ngâu • (㭌, 𫟌, 𫉎, 䓊)
- various Aglaia species, such as Aglaia duperreana (ngâu ta) and Aglaia odorata (ngâu Tàu)
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Etymology 2
editNon-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 牛 (“ox; bull; cow”, SV: ngưu).
Noun
editngâu
- cow (in the context of the “The Cowherd and the Weaver Girl” folktale)
- (sometimes capitalised) relating to (the beginning of) the seventh lunar month, when a sudden and brief shower falls; July shower
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