bả
Vietnamese
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɓaː˧˩]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɓaː˧˨]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [ʔɓaː˨˩˦]
Etymology 1
Contraction of bà + the demonstrative ấy (“that”) in the southern dialects, with the latter manifested as the hỏi tone after monosyllabification.
Pronoun
bả
- (Southern Vietnam) she; her (woman of higher social status)
Synonyms
- (she): bà ấy
Noun
bả • (𥸿)
- a type of poison used to kill some kinds of animal
Derived terms
- bả chuột (poison to kill rats and mice)
- bả chó (poison to kill dogs)
- đánh bả (to poison using bả)