dưa

See also: Appendix:Variations of "dua"

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

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Noun

(classifier quả, trái) dưa • (荼, 畬, 𦼞, 余, 𤬀)

  1. melon
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Cognate with Muong Bi tưa (“pickles”).

Unlikely from Eastern Han Chinese 菹 (*tsra) and thus

    non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 菹 (“salted and pickled vegetables”, SV: trư, thư) (as proposed by Alves, 2022).

    Noun

    dưa • (荼, 畬, 𦼞, 𧃋)

    1. salted vegetables
    Derived terms
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