cậu

See also: cau, cấu, câu, cầu, cẩu, čau, and ĉaŭ

Vietnamese

Etymology

From Proto-Vietic *guːʔ, from Old Chinese 舅 (OC *ɡuʔ) (SV: cữu).

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [kəw˧˨ʔ]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [kəw˨˩ʔ]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [kəw˨˩˨]

Noun

cậu • (舅)

1. a maternal uncle (mother's brother)
2. a young male master
3. a younger male stranger
4. (dialectal, Central Vietnam) a father

See also

• dì
• mợ
• ông

Pronoun

cậu • (舅)

1. (polite, familiar, to a peer) you

See also

• tớ

Pronoun

cậu

1. (non-familiar, to a younger male stranger) you

See also

• tôi