lưu cầu

Vietnamese

FWOTD – 14 December 2024

Etymology

From Lưu Cầu (“Ryukyu”);

    Sino-Vietnamese word from 琉球. Common semantic shift from placenames to objects, compare English china, japan.

    Cognate with Portuguese leque (“fan”).

    Pronunciation

    • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [liw˧˧ kəw˨˩]
    • (Huế) IPA(key): [lɨw˧˧ kəw˦˩]
    • (Saigon) IPA(key): [lɨw˧˧ kəw˨˩]

    Noun

    (classifier cái) lưu cầu

    1. (obsolete) jade-inlaid sword
      • 18th century, Nguyễn Gia Thiều (阮嘉韶) (1741-1798), Cung oán ngâm khúc (宮怨吟曲), Phú Văn đường tàng (富文堂藏), printed in 1866 edition:
        𣩂饒庒丐琉球
        𣩂饒朋丐幽愁毒諸
        Giết nhau chẳng cái lưu cầu,
        Giết nhau bằng cái u sầu, độc chưa?
        Why not kill me with a jade sword?
        Why kill me with anxiety instead? Just how vicious is that?
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