múa

múa

1. inflection of muar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 舞 (SV: vũ). Cognate with Chut [Rục] kumúa.

This item was borrowed sometime after the OC stage, when the rime had already shifted (based on the Chứt lemma, which still preserves the trace of OC pre-initial *k- according to BS, the timing of the borrowing wouldn't have been very far off). For a similar case of borrowing, compare búa.

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

múa • (𦨂)

1. to dance religiously or artistically by making movements with one's body and limbs

   múa bụng ― to belly-dance

   múa lân ― to participate in a lion dance

   múa quạt ― fan dance

   • 1963, Xuân Quỳnh, “Ghét [Hate]”, in Chồi biếc [Green Buds]:

     Và từ sau hôm đó
     Họ sánh bước bên nhau
     Anh cúi sát mái đầu
     Cùng người yêu anh nói:
     “Nếu anh có con gái
     Nó sẽ múa như em”
     Cô mỉm cười tiếp thêm:
     “Trai, em cho học nhạc”

     Since that day
     They’re always together
     He bows near her head
     And tells her:
     “If I have a girl
     She will dance like you”
     She smiles and follows:
     “If it’s a boy, he’ll be a musician”

• nhảy (“to dance for entertainment, usually incorporate a wider variety of body movements”)