gẻ
See also: Appendix:Variations of "ge"
Middle Vietnamese
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
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Etymology
From Proto-Vietic *k-cɛh (“rag”); cognate with Muong ché.
Noun
gẻ
- rag, dust cloth
- lếy gẻ mà ꞗá áo
- to take a rag and patch a dress with it
- (cloth) body (comparative viscosity, solidity, or substance)
- Ꞗóc này tốt gẻ.
- This piece of silk is full of body.
- ꞗĕải tốt gẻ
- silk full of body
Descendants
- Vietnamese: giẻ