trâu

See also: Appendix:Variations of "trau"

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

(certain coastal Northern dialects, endangered) tâu (dialects with /ʈ/-/t/ merger)
(certain coastal North Central dialects, endangered) tu (dialects with /ʈ/-/t/ merger, no diphthongization)
(North Central Vietnam) tru (no diphthongization)

Etymology

From Northern Middle Vietnamese tlâu, from Proto-Vietic *c-luː. Cognate with North Central Vietnamese tru, Muong tlu, Old Mon jlow (“ox, bull, cattle”) (whence Mon ဂၠဴ, Nyah Kur chǝlòw), Mang løː⁶ and Phong-Kniang jlǝːw.

Khmer ឆ្លូវ (chləw, “Year of the Ox”) was borrowed from a Vietic variety, and thus is not an inherited cognate of the terms listed above.

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕəw˧˧]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [ʈəw˧˧]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ʈəw˧˧]

Noun

(classifier con) trâu • (𤛠, 𬌥, 㺏, 𤠋)

(zoology) a water buffalo; Asiatic buffalo (a bovid of the species Bubalus bubalis)
trâu trắng ― an albino water buffalo
(zoology, by extension) any buffalo of the genus Bubalus or the subtribe Bubalina)

Derived terms

See also

nghé (“water buffalo calf”)
bò (“Southern Yellow bovine”)

Adjective

trâu

(slang, video games) enduring; tough; hard
Con boss game này trâu quá. ― This game's boss is super tough (to beat).

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