lửa

See also: Appendix:Variations of "lua"

Vietnamese
lửa

Alternative forms
  • (North Central Vietnam) lả

Etymology

From Proto-Vietic *-laːs (“fire”), from Proto-Mon-Khmer *slaas ~ *slaʔ (“fire, to burn”). Cognate with Proto-Palaungic *laːs (“to burn”) (whence Riang [Lang] las² ("to scrape, strike a match")) and Proto-Katuic *las (“to trigger; fire shot”) (whence Pacoh layh). Compare also Nghệ An/Hà Tĩnh dialects lả.

Attested in Phật thuyết đại báo phụ mẫu ân trọng kinh (佛說大報父母恩重經) as 阿呂 (MC 'a ljoX) (modern SV: a lã or a lữ).

Pronunciation
  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [lɨə˧˩]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [lɨə˧˨]
  • (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [lɨə˨˩˦]
  • Audio (Hồ Chí Minh City)(file)

Noun

lửa

  1. fire (chemical reaction)

(classifier ngọn, đám) lửa • (焒)

  1. a flame or blaze
    thổi bùng lên ngọn lửa đam mê
    to blow the passionate flame; the ignite passion

See also
Derived terms
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