Where does “xỏ lá ba que” come from?
xỏ lá ba que (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese ba que, from Vietnamese bà, from Chinese 爸, from Chinese 父, from Komodo paʔ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian əpat, from Proto-Austronesian Səpat — four.
Ancestry of “xỏ lá ba que”, step by step
xỏ lá ba que traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Vietnamese ba que
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | ba que | deceitful; cheating; dishonest |
| 2 | Vietnamese | bà | a grandmother; an old woman; an old lady; you, my... |
| 3 | Chinese | 爸 | — |
| 4 | Chinese | 父 | — |
| 5 | Komodo | paʔ | four |
| 6 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | əpat | four |
| 7 | Proto-Austronesian | Səpat | four |
via Vietnamese xỏ lá
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | xỏ lá | knavish |