cựa

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Vietnamese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 距 (“spur”, SV: cự).

Pronunciation[edit]

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [kɨə˧˨ʔ]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [kɨə˨˩ʔ]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [kɨə˨˩˨]

Noun[edit]

(classifier cái) cựa

spur (of roosters)

Verb[edit]

cựa

to stir; to move
(colloquial) to disentangle; to extricate oneself

Derived terms[edit]

Derived terms

cựa quậy

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