giỗ kị

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Vietnamese

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Etymology

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giỗ (death anniversary) +‎ kị (death anniversary).

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Noun

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giỗ kị

  1. an annual lunar deathday party; commemorative death anniversary ceremony
    • 1915, Phan Kế Bính, Việt Nam phong tục [Vietnamese customs]:
      Nhà tư gia ai có việc hiếu hỉ hoặc có việc giỗ kỵ muốn mời làng thì cũng sai đạc phu đi mời.
      When there is a marriage or a death anniversary, and the concerned family wants to invite their fellow villagers, they would send a bellman as messenger.