gãi

See also: gai, Gai, gái, gài, gāi, gǎi, and ga'i

Vietnamese

Etymology

From Proto-Vietic *-kaːs, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *kais ~ *kis ~ *kiəs (“to scrape, scratch”); cognate with Khmer កេះ (keh).

Pronunciation

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

Verb

gãi • (𫼿, 𢭮)

1. to scratch

Anagrams

• giã