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Vietnamese
Etymology
From Proto-Vietic *kɛːŋʔ.
Đại Nam Quấc âm tự vị (1895) records the now obsolete form written as kiến. Considering that this dictionary is based on Southern Vietnamese when the /n > ŋ/ shift already occurred, the form intended here would be etymologically spelled as kiếng (cf. the "kiến" for "glass" entry right below). This kiếng/cánh pair represents the diphthongized and undiphthongized variants respectively, in the same vein of miếng - mánh.
Pronunciation
Noun
cánh • (𫅩, 𦑃)
- (anatomy) wing
- (botany) petal
- (of a star symbol) point
- sao vàng năm cánh ― a five-pointed golden star
- (of a football/soccer pitch/field) side
- (literary) clothes; clothing
Hắn diện một bộ cánh lỗi mốt hết cỡ.- He wears/wore a super out-of-style set of clothes.
See also
Classifier
cánh
- Indicates doors, windows, gates, kites, bows, forests and agricultural fields (of maize/corn, rice, etc.)
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