lừa

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [lɨə˨˩]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [lɨə˦˩]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [lɨə˨˩]

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Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 驢 (“donkey”, SV: lư). Compare Khmer លា (liə).

(classifier con) lừa • (驢)

1. a donkey

• → Tai Dam: ꪹꪩ

• la

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 濾 (“to filter, to strain out”, SV: lự).^[1]

lừa • (嚧, 𡃖, 𢗼, 𢥈, 𬐸)

1. to pick out

   lừa banh ~ lừa bóng ― to dribble a ball

   Ngồi buồn nhớ mẹ ta xưa,
   Miệng nhai cơm búng, lưỡi lừa cá xương

   I sit gloomy, missing my mother of old,
   Her mouth prechewing rice into boli, her tongue picking out fish bones.

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

lừa

1. to dupe; to trick