giỗ kị
Vietnamese edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
giỗ (“death anniversary”) + kị (“death anniversary”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
- an annual lunar deathday party; commemorative death anniversary ceremony
- 1915, Phan Kế Bính, Việt Nam phong tục [Vietnamese customs]:
- Nhà tư gia ai có việc hiếu hỉ hoặc có việc giỗ kỵ muốn mời làng thì cũng sai đạc phu đi mời.
- When there is a marriage or a death anniversary, and the concerned family wants to invite their fellow villagers, they would send a bellman as messenger.