Tày

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Etymology

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From Proto-Tai *qraj (egg). Cognate with Thai ไข่ (kài), Northern Thai ᨡᩱ᩵ (khai), Lao ໄຂ່ (khai), Tai Dam ꪼꪎ꪿, ᦺᦃᧈ (ẋay¹), Shan ၶႆႇ (khài), Khamti ၵဲ, Ahom 𑜁𑜩 (khay), Bouyei jais, Zhuang gyaeq. Compare Sui geis (egg) and Southern Kam geiv (egg).

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Noun

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xáy

  1. egg

References

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  • Lương Bèn (2011) Từ điển Tày-Việt [Tay-Vietnamese dictionary]‎[1][2] (in Vietnamese), Thái Nguyên: Nhà Xuất bản Đại học Thái Nguyên

Vietnamese

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Etymology

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From Proto-Vietic *tʃeʔ (to dig). Related to xay (to husk (rice), originally the reduplicated form of Proto-Vietic *tʃeʔ), chày (pestle, the Proto-Vietic *-r- infixed form).

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Verb

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xáy

  1. (rare) to dig (with a pointed tool); to hollow; to excavate; to scoop out