củi

Vietnamese

Etymology

From Proto-Vietic *guːs ~ *kuːs (“fire; firewood”), from Proto-Austroasiatic *ʔuːɕ (“firewood”). Cognate with Muong cúi (“fire, firewood”), Pacoh uih, Khmer អុស (ʼoh)​.

This is one of three known cases of velar initial in Vietnamese corresponding to zero-initial in other Austroasiatic branches. The other two cases are cứt (“shit”) and the dialectal cảy (“swollen”).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

(classifier cây, khúc, thanh, que) củi • (檜, 桧)

  1. firewood

See also

  • củi lửa
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