đao

Compare Chinese 刀 (dāo, “knife; single-edged sword”), Vietnamese đao (“katana”)

• IPA^(key): /ʔdaːw/

đao (classifier ƀĕ)

1. a sword

• Siu, Lap Minh (2009 December) Developing the First Preliminary Dictionary of North American Jarai‎, Texas Tech University, page 73

From Proto-Vietic *p-ɗoː (“yeast”). Cognate with Thavung pədoː¹, Pacoh pido (“leaven for wine”), Khmu [Cuang] pdoʔ ("yeast"), Danau kᵊdo⁴ ("spirit, liquor").

• IPA^(key): /ɗaːw¹/

đao

1. (Mường Bi) yeast

• Nguyễn Văn Khang, Bùi Chỉ, Hoàng Văn Hành (2002) Từ điển Mường - Việt (Muong - Vietnamese dictionary), Nhà xuất bản Văn hoá Dân tộc Hà Nội

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

Sino-Vietnamese word from 刀.

(classifier thanh, cây) đao

1. a Chinese sabre

• cá đao (“swordfish”)

• dao (“knife”)

Sino-Vietnamese word from 刀, borrowed from Japanese 刀 (katana, tō)

(classifier thanh, cây) đao

1. (rare) a katana

Borrowed from English Down, from the name of John Langdon Down.

• Đao

đao

1. Down syndrome