sâu

See also: sau, Sau, SAU, sáu, său, s-au, sau-, and sa'u

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [səw˧˧]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [ʂəw˧˧]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ʂəw˧˧]

Etymology 1

From Proto-Vietic *c-ruː (“deep”), from Proto-Mon-Khmer *ɟruuʔ ~ *ɟruh ~ *rɟuh (“deep”). Cognate with Nghệ An/Hà Tĩnh dialects su, Muong khu, Khmer ជ្រៅ (crɨw), Bahnar jrŭ, Pacoh chru.

Adjective

sâu (fully reduplicated form sâu sâu)

deep (having its bottom far down)

Derived terms

Terms derived from sâu

chuyên sâu
sâu rộng

sâu sắc

sâu xa

Adverb

sâu

deeply

Etymology 2

Noun

(classifier con) sâu (𧒇)

(zoology) caterpillar

Derived terms

Terms derived from sâu

sâu bọ

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