chay
EnglishEdit
Etymology 1Edit
NounEdit
chay (plural chays)
- (archaic, colloquial) A chaise (horse-drawn carriage).
Etymology 2Edit
- From Pitman jay, which it is related to graphically, and the sound it represents.
NounEdit
chay (plural chays)
- The letter ⟨/⟩, which stands for the ch sound /tʃ/, in Pitman shorthand.
AnagramsEdit
Ch'orti'Edit
NounEdit
chay
ReferencesEdit
- Hull, Kerry (2005) An Abbreviated Dictionary of Ch'orti' Maya[1]
LadinoEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Persian چای (čây).
NounEdit
chay m (Latin spelling, Hebrew spelling גאיי)
ManxEdit
NounEdit
chay f
- Lenited form of kay.
MutationEdit
Manx mutation | ||
---|---|---|
Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
kay | chay | gay |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
QuechuaEdit
DeterminerEdit
chay
- (medial) that
See alsoEdit
VietnameseEdit
EtymologyEdit
Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 齋 (“vegetarian”, SV: trai).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
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AdjectiveEdit
- vegan
- ăn chay
- to practise veganism; to go vegan
- Bạn có biết nấu chả giò chay không?
- Do you know how to cook vegan spring rolls?
Usage notesEdit
- Chay could be broadly translated as either "vegan" or "vegetarian" when it comes to food and cuisine, although chay people (some of whom are actual vegan Buddhists) do tend to consciously avoid fat-based cooking oil and nước mắm (“fish sauce”), so the term corresponds better to "vegan".
AdverbEdit
- (colloquial) in an ordinary, even lackluster, way; without special aids or equipment