gấy
Vietnamese
editAlternative forms
edit- cấy (in North Central dialects less affected by lenition)
Etymology
editNorth Central form with different path of diphthongization of mainstream gái.
As with nhôông (“husband”), originally just meant "man, male", gấy/cấy originally (and still) meant just "woman, female".
Pronunciation
editNoun
edit(classifier con) gấy
- North Central Vietnam form of gái (“girls; female”)
Noun
editgấy
See also
editDerived terms