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kêu

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See also: keu and ke'u

Khiamniungan Naga

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kɛʊ⁵²/

Verb

kêu

(Patsho) hunting birds; using birdlime in streams and flowering trees in order to hunt birds.

Middle Vietnamese

Etymology

From Proto-Vietic *keːw (“to call”).

Verb

kêu

to shout, to cry
chuâng kêu
the bell rings
to call for someone to see or help you

Descendants

Vietnamese: kêu

References

Alexandre de Rhodes (1651), “kêu”, in Dictionarium Annamiticum Lusitanum et Latinum (in Middle Vietnamese, Latin, and Portuguese), Rome: Propaganda Fide

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

(Central Vietnam, Southern Vietnam) kiu (with vowel raising)

Etymology

From Proto-Vietic *keːw (“to call”), a

non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 叫 (“to call; to cry; to shout”, SV: khiếu). Akin to Proto-Pearic *keːv.

Attested as kêu in the Dictionarium Annamiticum Lusitanum et Latinum (1651).

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [kew˧˧]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [kew˧˧]
(Saigon) IPA^(key): [kew˧˧]

Verb

kêu • (呌, 叫, 嗃, 嘵, 𡆌, 啸, 󱋣)

to cry (to shout, scream, yell; to utter animal sounds)
chó sủa, mèo kêu
dogs bark, cats cry

Mày mà không bảo con chó của mày im là tao giết nó bây giờ ! Đêm hôm cứ kêu ăng ẳng nhức cả đầu !
I'll kill your stupid dog if you won't shut it up! It's been howling and giving me headache this whole night!

tiếng kêu
a call or cry
to call for someone to see or help you
Synonym: bảo

kêu người đến giúp
to call for help

Kêu nó lên đây tao bảo.
Tell him to see me.

Mày kêu tao hả ?
Did you want to see me? / Were you looking for me?
short for kêu ca (“to whine”)
Cả hè không chịu làm, giờ bài dồn đống thì đừng có kêu.
Stop whining. You didn't do a single exercise the whole summer, no wonder they've all piled up now.

Derived terms

Adjective

kêu

uproarious
(colloquial, of one's wording) intriguing
Cách kể truyện này phải nói kêu ơi là kêu á ― The way the plot is being delivered sounds very much intriguing!

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