mã tấu

Vietnamese

Etymology

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 馬刀 (SV: đao).

Pronunciation

Noun

tấu

  1. machete
    • 2016, Trầm Hương, Trong cơn lốc xoáy, part I, NXB Phụ nữ, page 34:
      Xung quanh anh, lố nhố những tên lính Pháp, lính Việt mang súng, dùi cui, mã tấu.
      Around him milled French and Vietnamese soldiers carrying guns, clubs, and machetes.
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