Definitions

1. 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.)

1. Kouniak (kinf of araceous plant with edible tuber).
2. (địa phương) Big python