trả

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Vietnamese

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Compare Chut pla꞉⁴.

Attested in Phật thuyết đại báo phụ mẫu ân trọng kinh (佛說大報父母恩重經) as (MC paeX) (modern SV: bả) and 󰑼, phonetic (MC la) (modern SV: la). Compare trong (which was something like *klɔŋA1 at the time), which was also written with characters that leave out the medial liquid.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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trả (, , 𫭐, 𫡽, 𬩀)

  1. to return, to give back
    Antonym: mượn
  2. to pay

Derived terms

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