khuya

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Quechua

[edit]

Noun

[edit]

khuya

  1. love, impassioned love
  2. amulet, magic stone

Declension

[edit]

See also

[edit]

Vietnamese

[edit]

Etymology

[edit]

An Chi (2020) posits this is a non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese (SV: khuy).[1]

Pronunciation

[edit]

Adjective

[edit]

khuya (𢇡, 𣅘, 𣅙, 𣌉, 𩆾)

  1. (of night or nightly activities) late
    đêm khuyalate night

Adverb

[edit]

khuya

  1. late at night
    thức khuyato stay up late

Derived terms

[edit]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ An Chi (2020) “Lắt léo chữ nghĩa: Chữ khoắt và hai chữ khuy [Ambiguity in Words and Meanings: Khoắt and Khuy]”, in Thanh Niên[1] (in Vietnamese)