lừa

See also: Appendix:Variations of "lua"

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [lɨə˨˩]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [lɨə˦˩]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [lɨə˨˩]

Etymology 1

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 驢 (“donkey”, SV: lư). Compare Khmer លា (liə).

Noun

(classifier con) lừa • (驢)

1. a donkey

Descendants

• → Tai Dam: ꪹꪩ

See also

• la

Etymology 2

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 濾 (“to filter, to strain out”, SV: lự).

Verb

lừa • (嚧, 𡃖, 𢗼, 𢥈, 𬐸)

1. to pick out

   lừa banh ~ lừa bóng ― to dribble a ball

   Ngồi buồn nhớ mẹ ta xưa,
   Miệng nhai cơm búng, lưỡi lừa cá xương

   I sit gloomy, missing my mother of old,
   Her mouth prechewing rice into boli, her tongue picking out fish bones.

2. (by extension) to dupe; to trick

Derived terms

Derived terms

• dối lừa
• đánh lừa
• lừa bịp
• lừa dối
• lừa đảo
• lừa lọc