cẳng

See also: cang, cáng, càng, câng, cāng, cảng, and cǎng

Vietnamese

Etymology

From Proto-Vietic *kaŋh (“leg, foot”), from a Sino-Tibetan language. Compare Proto-Karen *khaŋᴮ (“foot; leg”) (whence S'gaw Karen ခီၣ် (khaẁ)), Tibetan རྐང (rkang) (as in རྐང་པ (rkang pa), Western Tamang कङ् (kaŋ, “leg”).

Usually theorized as being from Old Chinese 脛 (OC *m-kʰˤeŋ-s) (B-S) (SV: hĩnh), derived from the same Sino-Tibetan root, but the vowel correspondences is irregular.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

cẳng • (亘)

1. (chiefly Central Vietnam, Southern Vietnam, colloquial) leg

   Synonyms: chân, giò

Derived terms

Derived terms

• cẳng chân
• cẳng tay
• chân cẳng
• rộng cẳng