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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Vietic *guːs ~ *kuːs (“fire; firewood”), from Proto-Mon-Khmer *( )ʔus ~ *( )ʔuus ~ *( )ʔuəs (“firewood”). Cognate with Muong cúi (“fire, firewood”), Pacoh uih, Khmer អុស (ʼoh).
This is one of three known cases of velar initial in Vietnamese corresponding to zero-initial in other Austroasiatic branches. The other two cases are cứt (“shit”) and the dialectal cảy (“swollen”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [kuj˧˩]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [kuj˧˨]
- (Saigon) IPA(key): [kuj˨˩˦]
Audio (Hà Nội): (file)
Noun
[edit](classifier cây, khúc, thanh, que) củi • (檜, 桧)
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[edit]Derived terms
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- Vietnamese terms inherited from Proto-Mon-Khmer
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- Vietnamese nouns classified by cây
- Vietnamese nouns classified by khúc
- Vietnamese nouns classified by thanh
- Vietnamese nouns classified by que
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