rùa

See also: rua, rúa, ruá, rũa, rủa, rữa, rửa, and ru'a

Vietnamese

Etymology

From Proto-Vietic *ʔa-rɔː; cognate with Arem /arɑː/. Compare Nghệ An/Hà Tĩnh dialects rò.

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [zuə˨˩]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [ʐuə˦˩]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ɹuə˨˩]

Noun

(classifier con) rùa (𧒍, 𧒌, 𪛅, 𧒉, 𪛇)

turtle; tortoise

Synonyms

qui, quy

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