vài

Khiamniungan Naga

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vai³¹/

Verb

vài

  1. dry(Free from or lacking moisture)
  2. to speak or shout a vulgar curse

Vietnamese

Etymology

Attested as ꞗài in the Dictionarium Annamiticum Lusitanum et Latinum (1651).

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [vaːj˨˩]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [vaːj˦˩]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [vaːj˨˩] ~ [jaːj˨˩]
  • Audio (Hà Nội):(file)
  • Audio (Saigon):(file)

Determiner

vài • (𠄩, 𱎓, 󱠧, 𲣰, 𢽼, 󱠬, 𬏓, 𲣱, , 𠄽, 𫿟, , 𲐊, 𱎗)

  1. (slightly formal) some, an indefinite quantity greater than one