đái

See also: Appendix:Variations of "dai"

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

  • (North Central Vietnam) đấy

Etymology

From Proto-Vietic *-teːʔ, possibly of imitative origin, compare modern Vietnamese . Cognate with Arem iteːˀ. Compare also North Central Vietnamese đấy.

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɗaːj˧˦]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɗaːj˨˩˦]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʔɗaːj˦˥]
  • Audio (Hà Nội):(file)

Verb

đái • (, )

  1. (informal) to (take a) piss
    Synonyms: , tiểu tiện, tiểu

Derived terms

See also