xáy

Tày

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *qraj (egg). Cognate with Thai ไข่ (kài), Northern Thai ᨡᩱ᩵ (khai), Lao ໄຂ່ (khai), Tai Dam ꪼꪎ꪿, ᦺᦃᧈ (ẋay¹), Shan ၶႆႇ (khài), Khamti ၵ︀ဲ, Ahom 𑜁𑜩 (khay), Bouyei jais, Zhuang gyaeq. Compare Sui geis (egg) and Southern Kam geiv (egg).

Pronunciation

Noun

xáy

  1. egg

References

  • Lương Bèn (2011), Từ điển Tày-Việt [Tay-Vietnamese dictionary]‎[1][2] (in Vietnamese), Thái Nguyên: Nhà Xuất bản Đại học Thái Nguyên

Vietnamese

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Vietic *tʃeʔ (to dig). Related to xay (to husk (rice), originally the reduplicated form of Proto-Vietic *tʃeʔ), chày (pestle, the Proto-Vietic *-r- infixed form).

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [saj˧˦]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [saj˨˩˦]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [sa(ː)j˦˥]
  • Homophone: xái (Southern Vietnam)
  • Audio (Hà Nội):(file)

Verb

xáy • (, )

  1. (rare) to dig (with a pointed tool); to hollow; to excavate; to scoop out