kêu

See also: keu and ke'u

Vietnamese

Etymology

From Proto-Vietic *keːw (“to call”), a non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 叫 (“to call; to cry; to shout”, SV: khiếu) or from Proto-Mon-Khmer *[c]kuul, *[c]kuəl, *[c]kəl, *[c]kiil, *[c]kiəl (“to call, to bark”). Akin to Proto-Pearic *keːv.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [kew˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [kew˧˧]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [kew˧˧]

Verb

kêu • (呌, 叫, 嗃, 嘵, 𡆌, 啸, 󱋣)

1. to call, to cry

Derived terms

Derived terms

• kêu ca
• kêu cầu
• kêu gào
• kêu gọi
• kêu la
• kêu nài
• kêu rêu
• kêu trời
• kêu van
• thùng rỗng kêu to

 

Noun

(classifier tiếng) kêu • (呌, 叫, 嗃, 嘵, 𡆌, 啸, 󱋣)

1. call