thua

Apocope of *thuan, from Proto-Albanian *(a)tsāna,^[1]from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- (“sharp”) (compare Lithuanian ašnìs (“blade edge”), Ancient Greek ἄκανος (ákanos, “pine thistle”), English awn (“bristle of barley”)).

thua m (plural thonj, definite thoi, definite plural thonjtë)

1. (anatomy) nail (of the body), fingernail, toenail

• thundër

• IPA^(key): [huə]

thua f

1. Lenited form of tua.

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 輸 (“to lose”, SV: thâu).

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [tʰuə˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [tʰuə˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [tʰuə˧˧]

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thua • (𪿐)

1. to lose

• thắng