Tày

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Noun

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(classifier mạy) cạy

  1. Alocasia macrorrhizos

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  • Léopold Michel Cadière (1910) Dictionnaire Tày-Annamite-Français [Tày-Vietnamese-French Dictionary]‎[2] (in French), Hanoi: Impressions d'Extrême-Orient

Vietnamese

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

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cạy (𢬹, 𢭮, 𫔷)

  1. to pry, to prize, to prise
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Etymology 2

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Particularly: “This word seems to be originated from South Central or Southern Vietnam, probably of Chamic origin?”

Attested in the hydronyms Cái Cạy and Ngả Cạy.[1]

Verb

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cạy

  1. (nautical) to steer a boat leftward
    Antonym: bát
    Cạy thuyền nhanh kẻo húc vào mỏm đá!
    Hurry and steer the boat leftward to avoid the rock!

References

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  1. ^ Lê Trung Hoa (2015) “Từ cổ, Từ lịch sử, Từ địa phương trong địa danh Nam Bộ [Archaic, Historic, Colloquial Words in Southern Vietnam Toponyms]”, in Tạp chí Khoa học xã hội[1] (in Vietnamese), volumes 9-10, numbers 205-206, pages 166-176