vò
See also: Appendix:Variations of "vo"
Vietnamese edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Proto-Vietic *vɔː.
Noun edit
- jar (pot used to contain liquid)
- 1957, Đoàn Giỏi, chapter 9, in Đất rừng phương Nam, Kim Đồng:
- Bỗng nó đặt vò nước xuống, thúc vào lưng tôi.
- Suddenly he put the water jar down and gave me a shove in the back.
Etymology 2 edit
Cognate with vo.
Verb edit
vò
- to crumple up
- to make into a ball
Etymology 3 edit
Inside Vietnamese, cognate with tò vò & bò in bò vẽ (“lesser banded wasp”); outside Vietnamese, likely cognate with Chut /vɔːvɔː/.
Noun edit
vò
- (obsolete) wasp
- 里巷歌謠 Lý hạng ca dao (Folk-ballads from the hamlets and alleys)', folio 35a
- 𥚇虶毒過𡳪螉
吹𠊚散合𢴑𢚸義仁- Lưỡi vò độc quá đuôi ong.
Xui người tan hợp, dứt lòng nghĩa nhân. - The wasp’s tongue is even more venomous than the bee's tail,
Stirring folks into breaking harmony and cutting the affectional bonds of duty and humanity.
- Lưỡi vò độc quá đuôi ong.
- 里巷歌謠 Lý hạng ca dao (Folk-ballads from the hamlets and alleys)', folio 35a
Derived terms edit
Derived terms