vòi
Vietnamese
Etymology
From Middle Vietnamese uòi (“trunk”), from Proto-Vietic *vɔːj, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *rnbuəj (“trunk”)[1].
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [vɔj˨˩]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [vɔj˦˩]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [vɔj˨˩] ~ [jɔj˨˩]
- Homophone: giòi
Noun
(classifier cái) vòi • (𦞑, 𦟷, 𦠽)
- (anatomy, of an elephant or a tapir) a trunk
- Con vỏi con voi.
Cái vòi đi trước.
Hai chân trước đi trước.
Hai chân sau đi sau.
Còn cái đuôi đi sau nốt.- Look at that elephanty.
His trunk comes first.
And also his two front limbs.
Then come his hind limbs.
And so does his tail.
- Look at that elephanty.
- (anatomy, by extension) any tube-like organ
- vòi muỗi ― mosquito proboscis
- (by extension) a hose (flexible tube)
- vòi tắm ― shower
See also
References
- ^ Shorto, H. A Mon-Khmer Comparative Dictionary, Ed. Paul Sidwell, 2006. Entry 1488. p 400
Categories:
- Vietnamese terms inherited from Middle Vietnamese
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- Vietnamese terms inherited from Proto-Vietic
- Vietnamese terms derived from Proto-Vietic
- Vietnamese terms inherited from Proto-Mon-Khmer
- Vietnamese terms derived from Proto-Mon-Khmer
- Vietnamese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Vietnamese terms with homophones
- Vietnamese nouns classified by cái
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- vi:Anatomy
- Vietnamese terms with usage examples
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