köken: Inherited from Proto-Vietic *b-luː, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *ml(əw) (“betel”). Cognate with Bahnar bơlŏu, Mon ဇဗၠူ (həplùˀ) and Khmer ម្លូ (mluu).Compare Chinese 蔞 /蒌 (lâu). Attested as Northern Middle Vietnamese blầu in the Dictionarium Annamiticum Lusitanum et Latinum (1651). The formal name (tên chữ) of Phù Lưu village (扶留 (MC bju ljuw)) in Bắc Ninh, whose demotic name (tên Nôm) is Giầu, attests…
aile: miếng trầu là đầu câu chuyện, trầu cau, trầu không
köken: Borrowed from Philippine Spanish buyo, possibly from Cebuano buyo, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buyuq (“leaf of a vine chewed with betel nut, betel pepper: Piper betle”). Compare Central Bikol buyo, Aklanon buyo, Tausug buyu', and Chamorro buyu.
aile: buyong-buyo, mabuyo, magbuyo, magbuyo sa masama, mapabuyo, pagkakabuyo
köken: From Persian تانبول (tânbul), from Sanskrit ताम्बूल (tāmbūla). Possibly via Hindi तांबूल (tāmbūl). Lodhi also adds Gujarati તાંબૂલ (tāmbūl) as an intermediary.