cát

See also: Appendix:Variations of "cat"

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

  • (North Central Vietnam) gát

Etymology

    Etymology tree
    Proto-Mon-Khmer *ksac
    Proto-Vietic *t-kaːc
    Vietnamese cát

    From Proto-Vietic *t-kaːc, from Proto-Austroasiatic *skaːcʔ (“sand”). Doublet of Kế Sách and cognate with Khmer ខ្សាច់ (khsac).

    The unexpected lenition in many North Central dialects (which are often unaffected by lenition compared to the mainstream dialects) is due to hypercorrection.

    Pronunciation

    • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [kaːt̚˧˦]
    • (Huế) IPA(key): [kaːk̚˦˧˥]
    • (Saigon) IPA(key): [kaːk̚˦˥]
    • Audio (Saigon):(file)

    Noun

    (classifier hạt) cát • (吉, 葛, 𡋥, 𪶼, 𣻅, 𡑪)

    1. sand
      đồng hồ cát ― an hourglass
    2. grain (as in a fine grain of silk)

    See also

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