cậu
See also: cau, cấu, câu, cầu, cẩu, čau, and ĉaŭ
Vietnamese
Etymology
From Proto-Vietic *guːʔ, from Old Chinese 舅 (OC *[ɡ](r)uʔ) (B-S) (SV: cữu).
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [kəw˧˨ʔ]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [kəw˨˩ʔ]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [kəw˨˩˨]
Noun
cậu • (舅)
- a maternal uncle (mother's brother)
- a young male master
- a younger male stranger
- (dialectal, Central Vietnam) a father
See also
- dì
- mợ
- ông
Pronoun
cậu • (舅)
- I/me, your mother's brother
- you, my mother's brother
- Antonym: cháu
- (familiar) you, my peer who I know is as old as me
- Antonym: tớ
- (familiar) you, a male younger than me
- Antonym: tôi
- (honorific) you, my young master, my old master's son
- (narratology) you, a young boy or man
- Antonym: tôi
- (narratology) he/him, a young boy or man