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[edit]Vietnamese Wikipedia has an article on:bồ câuWikipedia viHai con chim bồ câu ("Two pigeons")
Etymology
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The first element can also be seen in words like bồ nông(“pelican”), bồ các(“magpie”). For the second element, see cu; it is ultimately onomatopoeic. Compare Thaiเขา(kǎo), Chinese鳩 (OC*[k](r)u) (B-S), Burmeseခို(hkui), Englishcoo.
Pronunciation
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(Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɓo˨˩ kəw˧˧]
(Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɓow˦˩ kəw˧˧]
(Saigon) IPA(key): [ʔɓow˨˩ kəw˧˧]
Noun
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(classifiercon) bồ câu
pigeon; dove Synonyms:câu, cu
1978, Định Hải, Bài ca Trái Đất (The Earth's Song):Trái Đất này là của chúng mình;Quả bóng xanh bay giữa trời xanh.Bồ câu ơi, tiếng chim gù thương mến;Hải âu ơi, cánh chim vờn sóng biển;Cùng bay nào! Cho Trái Đất quay!Cùng bay nào! Cho Trái Đất quay!This Earth belongs to us;A blue ball floating in the blue skyO doves, ye cooing-birds with lovely songs;O gulls, ye whose wings glide above the seas' waves;Fly [ye] together, so the Earth shall turn!Fly [ye] together, so the Earth shall turn!
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