ngòi
Vietnamese
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 源 (“spring, source”, SV: nguyên).[1]
Noun
(classifier cái) ngòi • (外, 𣳢, 𤀖)
- (archaic or literary) canal
See also
References
- ^ Alves (歐邁強), M. J. (2016). "Identifying Early Sino-Vietnamese Vocabulary via Linguistic, Historical, Archaeological, and Ethnological Data" (早期漢越語詞彙的確認—— 來自語言學、歷史學、考古學、民族學的資料證據), Bulletin of Chinese Linguistics, 9(2), 264-295. doi: https://doi.org/10.1163/2405478X-00902007
Etymology 2
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Noun
ngòi • (𤐜, 𣰏, )
- primer, fuse, match
- ngòi bút ― nib of a pen
- stinger of bees and wasps
- Ong mật chích để lại ngòi.
- Honey bees left behind their stinger after stinging.