gáy

See also: gay, Gay, gấy, gảy, and gậy

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ɣaj˧˦]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ɣaj˨˩˦]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ɣa(ː)j˦˥]

Etymology 1

gáy (spine) of books in a library (sense 2)

From Proto-Vietic *t-giːʔ. Cognate with Sách təki:⁴.

Attested as Northern Middle Vietnamese gấy in the Dictionarium Annamiticum Lusitanum et Latinum (1651).

Noun

gáy • (𦢾, 𩬆, 𩯂)

1. (anatomy) nape

   Synonym: ót

2. (by extension, of a book) spine, back

Etymology 2

From Proto-Vietic *t-karʔ. Compare also Proto-Katuic *tkar (whence Pacoh ticár).

Attested as Northern Middle Vietnamese gáy in the Dictionarium Annamiticum Lusitanum et Latinum (1651).

Verb

gáy • (嘅, 摡, 𠰁)

1. (of a rooster) to crow; (of a bird) to pipe
2. (of a cricket) to sing, to chirp
3. (slang) to brag, to crow

See also

• gù