vò

See also: Appendix:Variations of "vo"

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [vɔ˨˩]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [vɔ˦˩]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [vɔ˨˩] ~ [jɔ˨˩]

Etymology 1

From Proto-Vietic *vɔː.

Noun

(classifier cái) vò • (盂)

jar (pot used to contain liquid)
- 1957, Đoàn Giỏi, chapter 9, in Đất rừng phương Nam, Kim Đồng:
  Bỗng nó đặt vò nước xuống, thúc vào lưng tôi.
  Suddenly he put the water jar down and gave me a shove in the back.

Etymology 2

Cognate with vo.

Verb

vò

to crumple up
to make into a ball

Etymology 3

Inside Vietnamese, cognate with tò vò & bò in bò vẽ (“lesser banded wasp”); outside Vietnamese, likely cognate with Chut /vɔːvɔː/.

Noun

vò

(obsolete) wasp
- 里巷歌謠 Lý hạng ca dao (Folk-ballads from the hamlets and alleys)', folio 35a
  𥚇虶毒過𡳪螉
  吹𠊚散合𢴑𢚸義仁
  Lưỡi vò độc quá đuôi ong.
  Xui người tan hợp, dứt lòng nghĩa nhân.
  The wasp’s tongue is even more venomous than the bee's tail,
  Stirring folks into breaking harmony and cutting the affectional bonds of duty and humanity.

Derived terms

Derived terms

vò vẽ

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