cánh
Vietnamese edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Vietic *kɛːŋʔ.
Đại Nam Quấc âm tự vị (1895) records the now obsolete form written as kiến. Considering that this dictionary is based on Southern Vietnamese when the /n > ŋ/ shift already occurred, the form intended here would be etymologically spelled as kiếng (cf. the "kiến" for "glass" entry right below). This kiếng/cánh pair represents the diphthongized and undiphthongized variants respectively, in the same vein of miếng - mánh.
Pronunciation edit
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [kajŋ̟˧˦]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [kɛɲ˦˧˥]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [kan˦˥]
Audio (Ho Chi Minh City) (file)
Noun edit
- (anatomy) wing
- (botany) petal
- (of a star symbol) point
- sao vàng năm cánh ― a five-pointed golden star
- (of a football/soccer pitch/field) side
- (literary) clothes; clothing
- Hắn diện một bộ cánh lỗi mốt hết cỡ.
- He wears/wore a super out-of-style set of clothes.
See also edit
Derived terms
Classifier edit
cánh
- Indicates doors, windows, gates, kites, bows, forests and agricultural fields (of maize/corn, rice, etc.)