bả

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ba"

Tày

Alternative forms

(Etymology 1) vả

Pronunciation

(Thạch An – Tràng Định) IPA^(key): [ɓaː˨˩˧]
(Trùng Khánh) IPA^(key): [ɓaː˨˦]

Etymology 1

From Proto-Tai *ɓaːꟲ (“crazy”). Cognate with Northern Thai ᨷ᩶ᩤ, Khün ᨷ᩶ᩤ, Lao ບ້າ (bā), Lü ᦢᦱᧉ (ḃaa²), Shan မႃႈ (māa) or ဝႃႈ (wāa), Tai Nüa ᥛᥣᥲ (màa, “to be angry”), Ahom 𑜈𑜡 (bā), Thai บ้า (bâa).

Adjective

bả (𠇕)

crazy; foolish
pền bả ― gotten crazy

phuối bả ― say foolishly

bả pác ― insane (literally, “foolish mouth”)
(of an animal) rabid
ma bả ― rabid dog
naive
đếch nhằng bả ― naive children
quick; in a hurry
bả mừa dương mé ― hurriedly going home to visit one's grandmother

Verb

bả

to fool; to scam
tốc bả ― to be fooled

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Adjective

bả

in a hurry; rushed
bả mừa dương mé ― rushed to visit grandma at home

Verb

bả

to budge; wriggle
bả thai ― twitching before death

Tu ngù kin ím bả bấu đảy.
The snake was so full that it couldn't move.

Synonyms

Derived terms

Etymology 3

Noun

bả

banyan

Synonyms

lùng

References

Lương Bèn (2011) Từ điển Tày-Việt [Tay-Vietnamese dictionary]‎^[1][2] (in Vietnamese), Thái Nguyên: Nhà Xuất bản Đại học Thái Nguyên
Lục Văn Pảo, Hoàng Tuấn Nam (2003) Hoàng Triều Ân, editor, Từ điển chữ Nôm Tày [A Dictionary of (chữ) Nôm Tày]‎^[3] (in Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Khoa học Xã hội
Léopold Michel Cadière (1910) Dictionnaire Tày-Annamite-Français [Tày-Vietnamese-French Dictionary]‎^[4] (in French), Hanoi: Impressions d'Extrême-Orient

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɓaː˧˩]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɓaː˧˨]
(Saigon) IPA^(key): [ʔɓaː˨˩˦]
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Etymology 1

Word formation with distal denotation by adding hỏi tone to the root bà in Southern Vietnamese and certain dialects of Thanh Hoá.

Pronoun

bả

(Southern Vietnam, certain topolects of Thanh Hoá) she; her (woman of higher social status)

Synonyms

(she): bà ấy

Etymology 2

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “cf. Eastern Cham caba (“poison”), Malay tuba, Thai เบื่อ (bʉ̀ʉa).”

Noun

bả • (𥸿)

a type of poison used to kill some kinds of animal

Derived terms

bả chuột (poison to kill rats and mice)
bả chó (poison to kill dogs)
đánh bả (to poison using bả)