trả

See also: Appendix:Variations of "tra"

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

(Northern Vietnam) giả

Etymology

Compare Chut pla꞉⁴.

Attested in Phật thuyết đại báo phụ mẫu ân trọng kinh (佛說ぶっせつ大だい報ほう父母ちちはは恩おん重じゅう經けい) as 把わ (MC paeX) (modern SV: bả) and 󰑼, phonetic 羅ら (MC la) (modern SV: la). Compare trong (which was something like *klɔŋ^A1 at the time), which was also written with characters that leave out the medial liquid.

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕaː˧˩]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [ʈaː˧˨]
(Saigon) IPA^(key): [ʈaː˨˩˦]

Verb

trả • (把わ, 呂りょ, 𫭐, 𫡽, 𬩀)

to return, to give back
Antonym: mượn
to pay

Derived terms