ngòi

See also: ngoi, ngói, ngõi, ngôi, ngồi, ngơi, and ngợi

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 源 (“spring, source”, SV: nguyên)^[1]

Noun

ngòi • (外, 𣳢, 𤀖)

(archaic) canal

See also

Derived terms

sông ngòi

References

^ Alves (歐邁強), M. J. (2016). "Identifying Early Sino-Vietnamese Vocabulary via Linguistic, Historical, Archaeological, and Ethnological Data" (早期漢越語詞彙的確認—— 來自語言學、歷史學、考古學、民族學的資料證據), Bulletin of Chinese Linguistics, 9(2), 264-295. doi: https://doi.org/10.1163/2405478X-00902007

Etymology 2

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Noun

ngòi • (𤐜, 𣰏, 󱪩)

primer, fuse, match
ngòi bút ― nib of a pen
stinger of bees and wasps
Ong mật chích để lại ngòi.
Honey bees left behind their stinger after stinging.

See also

Derived terms

ngòi nổ

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