cưỡi

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

• (dialectal) cỡi

Etymology

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 騎 (SV: kị).

Also compare Burmese စီး (ci:), Khmer ជិះ (cih), ꊪ (zy, “to cause to ride”), Thai ขี่ (kìi), Lao ຂີ່ (khī), Zhuang gwih, White Hmong caij, Proto-Austronesian *sakay (“catch a ride, join a group, ride on something”).

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [kɨəj˦ˀ˥]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [kɨj˧˨]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [kɨj˨˩˦]

Verb

cưỡi • (騎)

1. to ride (an animal)