cầy

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [kəj˨˩]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [kəj˦˩]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [kəj˨˩]

Etymology 1

From Proto-Mon-Khmer *cgəj (“dog”). Cognate with Khmer ឆ្កែ (chkae, “dog”), Khasi skei (“Indian muntjac, barking deer”), Bahnar sơke (“wild boar”) and Ngeq /cakɛː/ ("dog").

Noun

(classifier con) cầy (猉)

civet; viverrid (family Viverridae)
(colloquial) dog; chow (as food)

Derived terms

Terms derived from cầy

cầy giông
cầy hương

cầy móc cua

giả cầy

Etymology 2

Noun

cầy (𦓿)

(dialectal) Alternative form of cày (“plough”)

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