nưa
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Definitions
- Noun:
- Kouniak (a type of araceous plant with edible tuber): A plant species belonging to the same family as taro, with a large, round, yellowish tuber that can cause slight itchiness when eaten.
- (Dialectal) Big python: A term used in some regions to refer to a large python or boa.
Usage Examples
Noun (Plant):
- Củ nưa thường được luộc hoặc nấu canh. (The nưa tuber is often boiled or used in soup.)
- Ở vùng này, người ta trồng nưa để lấy củ. (In this region, people grow nưa for its tubers.)
Noun (Animal - Dialectal):
- Trong rừng sâu có con nưa rất lớn. (There is a very large python in the deep forest.)
- Người dân làng kể lại câu chuyện về một con nưa khổng lồ. (The villagers tell a story about a giant python.)
Advanced Usage
"Củ nưa": Specifically refers to the edible tuber of the nưa plant.
- Củ nưa cần được chế biến kỹ để giảm ngứa. (The nưa tuber needs to be processed carefully to reduce the itchiness.)
"Con nưa": Specifically refers to the large python in dialectal usage.
- Con nưa trong truyền thuyết được cho là canh giữ kho báu. (The python in the legend is said to guard a treasure.)
Variants and Related Words
- Khoai nưa: Another term for the nưa plant, emphasizing its tuber.
- Trăn, python: Standard words for python, related to the dialectal meaning of "nưa".
Synonyms
- Cây củ nưa (for the plant): Nưa plant.
- Trăn lớn, python (for the animal): Large python.
Related Phrases
Bắt nưa: To catch/hunt a python (dialectal).
- Người thợ săn già kinh nghiệm vào rừng để bắt nưa. (The experienced hunter went into the forest to catch a python.)
Trồng nưa: To cultivate the nưa plant.
- Kỹ thuật trồng nưa khá đơn giản. (The technique for cultivating nưa is quite simple.)
Related Idioms
- Khỏe như nưa (dialectal): As strong as a python (used to describe someone very strong).
- Anh ấy làm việc khỏe như nưa. (He works as strong as a python.)
- Kouniak (kinf of araceous plant with edible tuber).
- (địa phương) Big python