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Italian

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Verb

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  1. Misspelling of va.

Namuyi

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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  1. to lift

Vietnamese

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese (and, SV: hoà).

Conjunction

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(, 𡝕, )

  1. (slightly formal) and
    bạn và tôiyou and I/me
    Chiến tranh và hoà bìnhWar and Peace
    Tội ác và trừng phạtCrime and Punishment
Usage notes
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  • Colloquially, is less often used, as it's replaced by với, với lại or is simply absent.
Synonyms
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Etymology 2

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Compare Pacoh cuva (to scoop food into mouth).

Verb

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(𢯠, , 𢯓)

  1. To shovel food from a rice bowl into one's mouth using a pair of chopsticks.
    Cháu đã biết cơm lấy rồi.
    The grandchild already knows how to shovel rice using chopsticks all by himself.
    • 1930, Hồ Biểu Chánh, Con nhà nghèo[1]:
      Thị Tố bưng chén cơm mà , cơm còn nóng nên khói lên nghi ngút.
      Thị Tố held up the rice bowl to shovel rice into her mouth, the rice still hot and billowing with steam.
    • 1942, Nam Cao, Một đám cưới[2]:
      Thằng lớn cơm phùng mồm ra, bị nghẹn mấy lần.
      The older one shoveled so much rice into his mouth that his cheeks bulged and he choked several times.
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Etymology 3

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Determiner

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(𠄧, 𢁍, 𢽼)

  1. some (indefinite quantity greater than one)
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