ngài
Vietnamese
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Proto-Vietic *ŋaːj, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *(m)ŋaaj (“human being; person”); cognate with Muong ngài.
Noun
Related terms
Etymology 2
Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 蛾 (“moth”, SV: nga).
Noun
(classifier con) ngài
See also
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- Vietnamese nouns classified by con
- vi:Hominids
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