tả

Tho edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Vietic *l-taːʔ. Cognate with Vietnamese đá.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /taː³/

Noun edit

tả

(Cuối Chăm) rock; stone

Vietnamese edit

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tả

Pronunciation edit

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [taː˧˩]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [taː˧˨]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [taː˨˩˦]

Etymology 1 edit

Sino-Vietnamese word from 瀉 (“to have diarrhoea”).

Noun edit

tả

(pathology, informal) Short for dịch tả (“cholera”).

Etymology 2 edit

Sino-Vietnamese word from 左 (“left”).

Noun edit

tả

(only in compounds) left
(politics) left; left wing

Etymology 3 edit

Sino-Vietnamese word from 寫 (“to write”).

Verb edit

tả

to describe; to depict; to picture

Etymology 4 edit

Adjective edit

tả • (𪭥)

crumbling; pulverised; ragged

Derived terms edit

Derived terms

tả tơi

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