gáy

See also: gay, Gay, gấy, gảy, and gậy

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Proto-Vietic *t-giːʔ. Cognate with Sách təki:⁴.

Attested as Northern Middle Vietnamese gấy in the Dictionarium Annamiticum Lusitanum et Latinum (1651).

Noun

gáy • (𦢾, 𩬆, 𩯂)

  1. (anatomy) nape
    Synonym: ót
  2. (by extension, of a book) spine, back

Etymology 2

From Proto-Vietic *t-karʔ. Compare also Proto-Katuic *tkar (whence Pacoh ticár).

Attested as Northern Middle Vietnamese gáy in the Dictionarium Annamiticum Lusitanum et Latinum (1651).

Verb

gáy • (嘅, 摡, 𠰁)

  1. (of a rooster) to crow; (of a bird) to pipe
  2. (of a cricket) to sing, to chirp
  3. (slang) to brag, to crow
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