trầu
See also: trau and trâu
Vietnamese
Alternative forms
- giầu
- trù
Etymology
From Proto-Vietic *b-luː, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *ml(əw). Cognate with Nghệ An/Hà Tĩnh dialects trù, Bahnar bơlŏu, Mon ဇဗၠူ (həplùˀ), Khmer ម្លូ (mluu).
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [t͡ɕəw˨˩]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [ʈəw˦˩]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [ʈəw˨˩]
Noun
(classifier cây, lá) trầu (𫈜, 𫑱)
- betel
(classifier miếng) trầu
- a paan
- bã trầu
- discarded (spit out) chewed paans