cầy

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [kəj˨˩]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [kəj˦˩]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [kəj˨˩]

Etymology 1

From Proto-Mon-Khmer *cgəj. Cognate with Khmer ឆ្កែ (chkae, “dog”), Bahnar sơke (“wild boar”) and Ngeq cakɛː ("dog").

Khasi skei (“Indian muntjac, barking deer”) might be a loanword from a Sino-Tibetan language, cf. Burmese ချေ (hkye, “barking deer”), S'gaw Karen တခံ (takhee, “deer”), Jingpho chäkhji (“barking deer”), and is not directly related to the other Austroasiatic items.

Noun

(classifier con) cầy • (猉)

1. civet; viverrid (family Viverridae)
2. Short for thịt cầy (“dog meat”).

   giả cầy ― imitation dog meat

See also

• triết; chồn

Derived terms

• cầy cáo
• cầy giông
• cầy hương
• cầy lỏn
• cầy móc cua
• cầy sấy
• giả cầy

 

Etymology 2

Probably from the etymology above, compare Malay pauh kijang (literally “muntjac's mango”).

Noun

(classifier cây) cầy • (猉)

1. Irvingia malayana

   Synonym: kơ nia

Derived terms

• đèn cầy

Etymology 3

Noun

cầy • (𦓿)

1. (dialectal) Alternative form of cày (“plough”)