cày

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Vietnamese

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Vietic *gal (to plough; a plough), from Proto-Chamic (compare Eastern Cham ꨤꨋꩊ (langal), ꨤꨪꨋꩊ (lingal, plough)) (Ferlus) or from Proto-Mon-Khmer *lngal ~ *ŋgal (plough) (Shorto).

Cognate with Muong cằl, Khmer នង្គ័ល (nĕəngkŏəl), លាង្គល (liəngkɔɔl), អង្គ័ល (ʼɑngkŏəl, plough), Mon လ္ၚူ (təŋò), အၚဝ် (əŋò, yoke; pair), Malay tenggala (plough), as well as Sanskrit लाङ्गल (lāṅgala, plough-shaped beam or timber), लाङ्गूल (lāṅgūla, tail; penis). Compare linga.

Pronunciation

Noun

(classifier cái) cày (𦓿, , , 𫀵)

  1. plough

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Verb

cày (𦓿, , , 𫀵)

  1. to plough

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