cấy

cấy

See also: cay, CAY, cáy, cây, čay, çay, and çaý

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [kəj˧˦]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [kəj˨˩˦]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [kəj˦˥]

Etymology 1

From Proto-Vietic *-keːʔ (“woman; female”); compare gấy.

Adjective

cấy

1. Eye dialect spelling of cái, representing Nghệ An dialect, Hà Tĩnh dialect, Quảng Bình dialect, and Quảng Trị dialect Vietnamese.

Etymology 2

From Proto-Vietic *kəlʔ, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *(d)kər (“tree; plant”). Related to cây.

Verb

cấy (𥝽, 𦔙)

1. to transplant

Derived terms

• cấy ghép