đuôi

See also: dưới

Vietnamese

Etymology

From Proto-Vietic *dɔːj ~ *tɔːj (tail). Compare Khmer កន្ទុយ (kɑntuy).

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɗuəj˧˧]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɗuj˧˧]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʔɗuj˧˧]
  • Audio (Saigon):(file)

Noun

(classifier cái) đuôi • (𡓋, 𡳪)

  1. (anatomy) tail
  2. (computing, colloquial) extension
  3. (nautical) stern
  4. (linguistics, colloquial) suffix