chày

See also: chay, cháy, chấy, chảy, and chạy

Vietnamese

Etymology

From Proto-Vietic *tʃ-r-eː, the infixed nominal derivative of Proto-Vietic *tʃeː (“to grind”) (whence modern xay (“to grind”)). Cognate with Muong Bi khày, Proto-Katuic *ʔndree (whence Pacoh ntray), Khasi synrei, Khmer អង្រែ (ʼɑngrɛɛ), Riang tᵊnrɛʔ¹, Hu ŋʁíʔ, Semai renééq.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕaj˨˩]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕaj˦˩]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ca(ː)j˨˩]

Noun

(classifier cây, cái, chiếc) chày • (𣖖, 𣖗, 持, 𱤡)

1. a pestle (instrument used with a mortar to grind things)
2. (by extension, baseball, softball) a bat

   bóng chày ― baseball

See also

• cối

Derived terms

• bóng chày
• cãi chày cãi cối