bơ

See also: Appendix:Variations of "bo"

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French beurre. For the association between “butter” and “avocado”, compare Chinese 牛油果 (ngưu du quả, “avocado”, literally “butter fruit”), Chinese 酪梨 (lạc lê, “avocado”, literally “cheese pear”).

Noun

bơ

butter

Noun

(classifier cây, trái, quả) bơ

avocado

Verb

bơ • (巴,吧,𠀧,𪩬)

(colloquial) to ignore

Derived terms

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