đao

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Jarai

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Etymology

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Compare Chinese (dāo, knife; single-edged sword), Vietnamese đao (katana)

Pronunciation

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Noun

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đao (classifier ƀĕ)

  1. a sword

References

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  • Siu, Lap Minh (2009 December) Developing the First Preliminary Dictionary of North American Jarai[1], Texas Tech University, page 73

Muong

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Etymology

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From Proto-Vietic *p-ɗoː (yeast). Cognate with Thavung pədoː¹, Pacoh pido (leaven for wine), Khmu [Cuang] pdoʔ ("yeast"), Danau kᵊdo⁴ ("spirit, liquor").

Pronunciation

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Noun

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đao

  1. (Mường Bi) yeast

References

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  • Nguyễn Văn Khang, Bùi Chỉ, Hoàng Văn Hành (2002) Từ điển Mường - Việt (Muong - Vietnamese dictionary)[2], Nhà xuất bản Văn hoá Dân tộc Hà Nội

Vietnamese

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Sino-Vietnamese word from .

Noun

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(classifier thanh, cây) đao

  1. a Chinese sabre
Derived terms
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See also

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  • dao (knife)

Etymology 2

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Sino-Vietnamese word from , borrowed from Japanese (katana, tō)

Noun

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(classifier thanh, cây) đao

  1. (rare) a katana

Etymology 3

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Borrowed from English Down, from the name of John Langdon Down.

Alternative forms

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Noun

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đao

  1. Down syndrome