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bồ

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Vietnamese bồ.

Noun

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bồ

  1. bamboo basket
    bồ khẩu coócunhusked rice basket

Etymology 2

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Noun

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bồ

  1. picul
    bồ khẩua picul of rice
    bồ hảpicul and a half (literally, “picul and five”)

References

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  • Lương Bèn (2011) Từ điển Tày-Việt [Tay-Vietnamese dictionary]‎[1][2] (in Vietnamese), Thái Nguyên: Nhà Xuất bản Đại học Thái Nguyên
  • Léopold Michel Cadière (1910) Dictionnaire Tày-Annamite-Français [Tày-Vietnamese-French Dictionary]‎[3] (in French), Hanoi: Impressions d'Extrême-Orient

Vietnamese

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Noun

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bồ (, )

  1. (colloquial) boyfriend; girlfriend; date; romantic partner
    Synonym: người yêu

Pronoun

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bồ

  1. (colloquial) you, my pal/mate/buddy
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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Noun

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(classifier cái) bồ ()

  1. bamboo basket
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Etymology 3

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Might be related to the prefixal element in bồ cào, bồ hóng, and bồ nhìn/bù nhìn.

Alternative forms

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Prefix

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bồ

  1. (non-productive) used to form birds' names
    bồ câu (dove, pigeon)
    bồ nông (pelican)
    bồ các (Eurasian magpie)
    bồ cắt (falcon)
    bồ cốc (cormorant)
    bồ chao (white-crested laughing-thrush)
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