đứa

Etymology
From, from. Cognate with 🇨🇬 Bi, 🇨🇬 tæːˀ ("elder brother"), 🇨🇬 tâ̰ː (Suwilai, 2000; the tonal correspondence to Vietnamese is regular). The term is attested with the meaning "elderly man" in Thavung, "elder brother" in Arem, "man, male" in Muong and "inferior one, kiddie" in Vietnamese, showing the gradual semantic development. Note that 🇨🇬 [Rục] taː¹ ("maternal grandfather") with tone A1 is a Tai loan (cf. 🇨🇬, whence 🇨🇬) that while undoubtedly related to the Vietic word (and other Austroasiatic words below) is not a reflex of Proto-Vietic *taːʔ, where the final glottal stop developed regularly to the tone of the Vietnamese, Muong and Thavung words, or, in the case of Arem, preserved.

Further cognates included 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬 taʔ ("grandfather"), 🇨🇬 ta³¹ ("grandfather"), 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬. Compare the development seen in and Maleng Bro jaː³ ("father's elder brother's wife") (from, from ).

Classifier

 * 1) indicates young person, child, or an inferior person
 * 2) * 2005, Nguyễn Ngọc Tư, "Nhà cổ" (in Cánh đồng bất tận), Trẻ publishing house
 * "vi"

- Hai đứa tôi ngồi đâu đó (chỗ mà ai cũng nhìn thấy) nói chuyện chơi, có lúc, chẳng cần nói gì.

Usage notes

 * While never used to refer to a person that one thinks is his/her superior, đứa is not very offensive and can easily used by one to refer to himself/herself or address his/her peers: