đèn cầy

Vietnamese

Etymology

From đèn (“lamp”) +‎ cầy (“Irvingia malayana”).

In Đại Nam quấc âm tự vị (1895), it is noted that the sap of I. malayana was used to make đèn cầy.

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɗɛn˨˩ kəj˨˩]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɗɛŋ˦˩ kəj˦˩]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʔɗɛŋ˨˩ kəj˨˩]

Noun

(classifier cây, ngọn) đèn cầy

  1. (Southern Vietnam) candle
    Synonym: nến
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