gấu
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Vietnamese
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- (North Central Vietnam) gụ
Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Vietic *c-guːʔ ~ *c-kuːʔ, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *ɟkaw; cognate with Bahnar chơgơu and Proto-Katuic *hŋkaw.
The "romantic partner" sense is probably derived from gấu bông (“teddy bear”).
Pronunciation
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Noun
[edit](classifier con) gấu • (褠, 𦵷, 𤠰)
- a bear (large mammal of family Ursidae)
- Truyện gấu ăn trăng ― Tale of the Bear Who Ate the Moon
See also
[edit]Derived terms
Noun
[edit]gấu
Synonyms
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- Vietnamese terms inherited from Proto-Vietic
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- Vietnamese terms inherited from Proto-Mon-Khmer
- Vietnamese terms derived from Proto-Mon-Khmer
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- Vietnamese lemmas
- Vietnamese nouns
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- Vietnamese slang
- vi:Love
- vi:Ursids