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
- 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)
- to transplant
Derived terms
- cấy ghép