giấc
Vietnamese
editEtymology
editCognate with Chut [Mày] pacɤk³ (Babaev & Samarina, 2018).
The Nôm characters for this word has 職 (MC tsyik) (SV: chức) as phonetic, indicating that modern ‹gi-› derived from the lenition of earlier *-c-.
Pronunciation
edit- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [zək̚˧˦]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [jək̚˦˧˥]
- (Saigon) IPA(key): [jək̚˦˥]
Audio (Hà Nội): (file)
Classifier
edit- indicates sleep times and dreams
- giấc ngủ ― a sleep period or a nap
- giấc mơ/mộng ― a dream