cúi
See also: Appendix:Variations of "cui"
Muong edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Vietic *guːs ~ *kuːs (“fire; firewood”), from Proto-Mon-Khmer *[]ʔus ~ *[]ʔuus ~ *[]ʔuəs (“fire, firewood”). Cognate with Vietnamese củi (“firewood”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
cúi
References edit
- Nguyễn Văn Khang, Bùi Chỉ, Hoàng Văn Hành (2002) Từ điển Mường - Việt (Muong - Vietnamese dictionary), Nhà xuất bản Văn hoá Dân tộc Hà Nội
Vietnamese edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Proto-Vietic *guːrʔ ~ *kuːrʔ. Compare also Khmer កុរ (kol, “Year of the Pig”).
Noun edit
See also edit
Derived terms
Etymology 2 edit
Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 跪 (“to kneel, kowtow”, SV: quỵ).