sếu

See also: seu, SEU, seü, and se'u

Vietnamese edit

Etymology edit

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Particularly: “Also compare the place name Khuê Liễu, whose demotic name (tên Nôm) was làng Sếu. I can't seem to find the spelling in Chinese characters for the name though. The earlier form can be reconstructed as *k-reːwʔ.”

Compare Khmer ក្រៀល (kriəl, “sarus crane”), Mon ကြေဲ (krea, “sarus crane”).

Probably originally imitative, compare Latin grūs, Yakut туруйа (turuya), Japanese 鶴 (tsuru).

Pronunciation edit

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [sew˧˦]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [ʂew˨˩˦] ~ [sew˨˩˦]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ʂew˦˥] ~ [sew˦˥]

Noun edit

(classifier con) sếu • (鶮, 𫛎)

crane (bird)