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Tày
Etymology
From Proto-Tai *ɢwɯnᴬ. Cognate with Thai คน (kon), Northern Thai ᨤᩫ᩠ᨶ, Lao ຄົນ (khon), Tai Dam ꪶꪁꪙ, Lü ᦅᦳᧃ (kun), Shan ၵူၼ်း (kúun), Tai Nüa ᥐᥨᥢᥰ (kön), Ahom 𑜀𑜤𑜃𑜫 (kun), Bouyei wenz, Zhuang vunz, Zuojiang Zhuang koenz.
Pronunciation
Noun
cần (𫶾, 𱎚, 𫢍, 佷)
- human; person
References
- Lục Văn Pảo, Hoàng Tuấn Nam (2003) Hoàng Triều Ân, editor, Từ điển chữ Nôm Tày [A Dictionary of (chữ) Nôm Tày] (in Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Khoa học Xã hội
- Lương Bèn (2011) Từ điển Tày-Việt [Tay-Vietnamese dictionary] (in Vietnamese), Thái Nguyên: Nhà Xuất bản Đại học Thái Nguyên
Vietnamese
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
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This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Sino-Vietnamese word from 懃. Commonly written as 勤. What's the link between "industrious/attentive/constant" and "to need"? Perhaps a reading as "careful/caring" and interpreted as "to deeply care about"/"to need"?”
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Verb
cần • (𫢍)
- to need
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Sino-Vietnamese word from 芹.
Noun
cần • (𣔠)
- water parsnip
Etymology 3
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
(classifier cái, cây) cần • (竿, 𥵚)
- a pole; a rod
Derived terms
Etymology 4
Noun
cần
- Short for cần sa (“marijuana”).