kêu
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Middle Vietnamese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Vietic *keːw (“to call”).
Verb
[edit]kêu
Descendants
[edit]- Vietnamese: kêu
References
[edit]Vietnamese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Vietnamese kêu, 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.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]- 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
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