"bú" meaning in Vietnamese

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Noun

IPA: [ʔɓu˧˦] [Hà-Nội], [ʔɓʊw˨˩˦] [Huế], [ʔɓʊw˦˥] (note: Saigon) Audio: LL-Q9199 (vie)-Jessica Nguyen (Pamputt)-bú.wav
Etymology: See vú. This form was unaffected by lenition after the loss of prefixal *k-. Head templates: {{head|vi|noun|||head=|tr=}} bú, {{vi-noun}} bú
  1. North Central Vietnam form of vú (“breast”) Tags: Central, North, Vietnam, alt-of Alternative form of: (extra: breast)
    Sense id: en-bú-vi-noun-RYPrNCFd Categories (other): Central Vietnamese, Pages with 10 entries, Pages with entries, Vietnamese entries with incorrect language header, Anatomy, Breastfeeding Disambiguation of Pages with 10 entries: 10 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 12 12 13 12 6 9 10 0 0 11 1 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 14 15 14 5 7 7 0 0 13 0 0 Disambiguation of Vietnamese entries with incorrect language header: 95 4 1 Disambiguation of Anatomy: 61 0 39 Disambiguation of Breastfeeding: 52 38 10
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb

IPA: [ʔɓu˧˦] [Hà-Nội], [ʔɓʊw˨˩˦] [Huế], [ʔɓʊw˦˥] (note: Saigon) Audio: LL-Q9199 (vie)-Jessica Nguyen (Pamputt)-bú.wav Forms: 𪜛 [CJK]
Etymology: Inherited from Proto-Vietic *buːʔ ~ *puːʔ, from Proto-Austroasiatic *ɓuːʔ (“to suck”). Cognate with Khmer បៅ (baw), Pnar bu, Khmu [Cuang] buʔ, Shwe Palaung ဘူ, Gata' buˀ. Doublet of vú via the prefixed proto-form. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|vi|mkh-vie-pro|*buːʔ|*buːʔ ~ *puːʔ||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Proto-Vietic *buːʔ ~ *puːʔ, {{inh+|vi|mkh-vie-pro|*buːʔ|*buːʔ ~ *puːʔ}} Inherited from Proto-Vietic *buːʔ ~ *puːʔ, {{inh|vi|aav-pro|*ɓuːʔ||to suck}} Proto-Austroasiatic *ɓuːʔ (“to suck”), {{cog|km|បៅ}} Khmer បៅ (baw), {{cog|pbv|bu}} Pnar bu, {{cog|kjg|-}} Khmu, {{cog|pll|ဘူ}} Shwe Palaung ဘူ, {{cog|gaq|-}} Gata', {{doublet|vi|vú}} Doublet of vú Head templates: {{head|vi|verb|||head=|tr=𪜛}} bú • (𪜛), {{vi-verb|𪜛}} bú • (𪜛)
  1. to suck (at a breast) to consume milk
    Sense id: en-bú-vi-verb-UPkIVB8-
  2. (informal, humorous) to drink Tags: humorous, informal
    Sense id: en-bú-vi-verb-5i9kA2DY
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: bú fame, bú mớm, bú mớm bù trì
Etymology number: 1
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