thang cáy
Tày
editEtymology
editFrom thang (“tail”) + cáy (“chicken”). Literally, “chicken's tail”.
Pronunciation
edit- (Thạch An – Tràng Định) IPA(key): [tʰaːŋ˧˥ kaj˧˥]
- (Trùng Khánh) IPA(key): [tʰaːŋ˦ kaj˦]
Noun
edit- a lock of hair protruding from behind the turban that's typically found in Tày men (clarification of this definition is needed)
References
edit- Léopold Michel Cadière (1910) Dictionnaire Tày-Annamite-Français [Tày-Vietnamese-French Dictionary][1] (in French), Hanoi: Impressions d'Extrême-Orient