thẩy

See also: thay, thây, thấy, and thầy

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [tʰəj˧˩]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [tʰəj˧˨]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [tʰəj˨˩˦]

Etymology 1

Verb

thẩy • (汰, 貸)

1. (Southern Vietnam) to toss (to throw with an initial upward direction)

Etymology 2

Contraction of thầy + the demonstrative ấy (“that”) in the southern dialects, with the latter manifested as the hỏi tone after monosyllabification.

Pronoun

thẩy

1. (Southern Vietnam) Equivalent to thầy ấy (“he; him”).