bả vai

See also: bavai

Vietnamese

Etymology

bả +‎ vai (“shoulder”); two possibilities for the former element:

It either derives from Proto-Mon-Khmer *paʔ ~ *pah (“shoulder”) (Shorto #100), whence also Proto-Monic *pnah > Mon ပၞး (nah);
Or was borrowed from a Tai language, from Proto-Tai *C̥.baːᴮ (“shoulder”); compare Thai บ่า (bàa).

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɓaː˧˩ vaːj˧˧]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɓaː˧˨ vaːj˧˧]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ʔɓaː˨˩˦ vaːj˧˧] ~ [ʔɓaː˨˩˦ jaːj˧˧]

Noun

bả vai

shoulder blade
- 2001, Chu Lai, Cuộc đời dài lắm, NXB Văn học, page 182:
  Bác sĩ bảo để còn kiểm tra kĩ bằng X-quang xem vết thương ở bả vai có bị rạn xương không.
  The doctor said they had to preform a more detailed X-ray examination to see whether the wound on his shoulder blade had fissured the bone.

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