vài

Khiamniungan Naga

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vai³¹/

Adjective

vài

  1. (Patsho) dry

Vietnamese

Etymology

Attested as ꞗài in the Dictionarium Annamiticum Lusitanum et Latinum (1651).

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [vaːj˨˩]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [vaːj˦˩]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [vaːj˨˩] ~ [jaːj˨˩]
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Determiner

vài • (𠄧)

  1. (slightly formal) some, an indefinite quantity greater than one