gầy

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

From Proto-Mon-Khmer *()rgəj; cognate with Koho rögai (“thin, lean”).

Adjective

gầy (fully reduplicated form gầy gầy)

thin, skinny

Etymology 2

Verb

gầy

(dialectal) Alternative form of gây (“to cause”)

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