ghẻ
Vietnamese edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Cognate with Tho [Cuối Chăm] kʰɛːl⁵.
Borrowed from a late form of Old Chinese 疥 (OC *C.kˤr[e][p]-s) (B-S) when the coda *-p already lost but the postcoda *-s was still extant. The Vietic form (whatever stage it was) at the time of borrowing can be reconstructed as roughly *C-kɛːs.
Alternative forms edit
Noun edit
Noun edit
(classifier con) ghẻ • (𤴪, 㽻, 㾵, 𡒬)
Adjective edit
ghẻ
- (by extension, colloquial) shit; trash; garbage; low-quality; cheap
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Etymology 2 edit
Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 繼 (SV: kế).
Adjective edit
ghẻ
- (somewhat derogatory) step-
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