cánh

See also: Appendix:Variations of "canh"

Vietnamese

Etymology

From Proto-Vietic *kɛːŋʔ, from Proto-Austroasiatic *kiəŋ (“elbow”) (not listed in Sidwell (2024) but compare Proto-Austroasiatic *miəŋˀ (“mouth”) (whence miếng/mánh)).

Đại Nam Quấc âm tự vị (1895) records the now obsolete form written as kiến. Considering that this dictionary is based on Southern Vietnamese when the /n > ŋ/ shift already occurred, the form intended here would be etymologically spelled as kiếng (cf. the "kiến" for "glass" entry right below). This kiếng/cánh pair represents the diphthongized and undiphthongized variants respectively, in the same vein of miếng/mánh.

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [kajŋ̟˧˦]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [kɛɲ˦˧˥]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [kan˦˥]
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Noun

cánh • (𫅩, 𦑃)

  1. (anatomy) wing
  2. (aviation) airfoil, wing
  3. (botany) petal
    cánh hoa ― petal
  4. (of a star symbol) point
    sao vàng năm cánh ― a five-pointed golden star
  5. (of a football/soccer pitch/field) side
  6. (literary) clothes; clothing
    Hắn diện một bộ cánh lỗi mốt hết cỡ.
    He wears/wore a super out-of-style set of clothes.

See also

Classifier

cánh

  1. Indicates doors, windows, gates, kites, bows, forests and agricultural fields (of maize/corn, rice, etc.)

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