cấy

See also: cay, CAY, cáy, cây, čay, çay, and çaý

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [kəj˧˦]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [kəj˨˩˦]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [kəj˦˥]

Etymology 1

From Proto-Vietic *-keːʔ (“woman; female”); compare gấy.

Adjective

cấy

1. Eye dialect spelling of cái, representing Nghệ An, Hà Tĩnh, Quảng Bình, and Quảng Trị Vietnamese.

Etymology 2

From Proto-Vietic *kəlʔ, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *(d)kər (“tree; plant”). Related to cây.

Verb

cấy • (𥝽, 𦔙)

1. to transplant

Derived terms

• cấy ghép