đuôi
Vietnamese
Etymology
From Proto-Vietic *dɔːj ~ *tɔːj (“tail”). Compare Khmer កន្ទុយ (kɑntuy).
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɗuəj˧˧]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɗuj˧˧]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [ʔɗuj˧˧]
Noun
(classifier cái) đuôi (𡓋, 𡳪)
- (anatomy) tail
- (computing, colloquial) extension
- (of a ship, boat, etc.) stern
- (linguistics, colloquial) suffix