sữa

• (North Central Vietnam) trã
• (North Central Vietnam) sã

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [sɨə˦ˀ˥]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʂɨə˧˨]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ʂɨə˨˩˦] ~ [sɨə˨˩˦]
• Homophone: sửa

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From Proto-Vietic *p-rah. Cognate with Muong khã, Nguôn [Cổ Liêm] rả.

Attested in Phật thuyết đại báo phụ mẫu ân trọng kinh (佛說大報父母恩重經) as 吕⿰巴, composed of 巴 (MC pˠa) + 吕 (MC lɨʌ^X) (modern SV: ba lã), 吕⿰巨, composed of 巨 (MC ɡɨʌ^X) + 吕 (MC lɨʌ^X) (modern SV: cự lã) and 吕 (MC lɨʌ^X) (modern SV: lã).

sữa • (𣳪, 𣷱, 𣷲)

1. milk (white liquid produced by the mammary glands of female mammals to nourish their young)

   sữa bò ― cow milk

   sữa bột ― powdered milk

   sữa chua ― either soured milk or yogurt

   Sữa mẹ là nguồn dinh dưỡng tốt nhất cho sự phát triển của trẻ sơ sinh và trẻ nhỏ.

   Mothers' milk is the optimal nutrient for their newborns' and/or infants' development.

2. milk (liquid from a vegetable source)

   sữa đậu nành ― soy milk

3. semen

• (liquid from a vegetable source): nước
• (semen): tinh dịch

(classifier cây) sữa

1. blackboard tree, scholar tree (Alstonia scholaris)
2. Alstonia spp.

• (Alstonia scholaris): hoa sữa, mò cua

• "sữa" in Hồ Ngọc Đức, Free Vietnamese Dictionary Project (details)