ngòi
See also: ngoi, ngói, ngõi, ngôi, ngồi, ngơi, and ngợi
Vietnamese
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ŋɔj˨˩]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [ŋɔj˦˩]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [ŋɔj˨˩]
Etymology 1
Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 源 (“spring, source”, SV: nguyên)[1]
Noun
ngòi • (外, 𣳢, 𤀖)
- (archaic) canal
See also
Derived terms
- sông ngòi
References
- Alves (歐邁強), M. J. (2016). "Identifying Early Sino-Vietnamese Vocabulary via Linguistic, Historical, Archaeological, and Ethnological Data" (早期漢越語詞彙的確認—— 來自語言學、歷史學、考古學、民族學的資料證據), Bulletin of Chinese Linguistics, 9(2), 264-295. doi: https://doi.org/10.1163/2405478X-00902007
Etymology 2
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Noun
ngòi • (𤐜, 𣰏, )
- primer, fuse, match
- ngòi bút ― nib of a pen
- stinger of bees and wasps
- Ong mật chích để lại ngòi.
- Honey bees left behind their stinger after stinging.
See also
Derived terms
- ngòi nổ