cẩu

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See also: cau, cấu, câu, cầu, čau, cậu, and ĉaŭ

Tày

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Tày cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : cẩu

From Proto-Tai *kɤwꟲ (“nine”), from Chinese 九 (MC kjuwX, “nine”). Cognate with Thai เก้า (gâao), Northern Thai ᨠᩮᩢ᩶ᩣ, Lao ເກົ້າ (kao), Lü ᦂᧁᧉ (k̇aw²), Shan ၵဝ်ႈ (kāo), Tai Nüa ᥐᥝᥲ (kàw), Ahom 𑜀𑜧 (kaw), Bouyei guz, Zhuang gouj, Saek กู̂.

Numeral

cẩu (九)

  1. nine

Etymology 2

From Chinese 狗 (MC kuwX).

Noun

cẩu (狗)

  1. (zoology) dog
Synonyms

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Sino-Vietnamese word from 狗.

Noun

(classifier con) cẩu

  1. (rare, humorous) dog (animal)
    Synonym: chó

Etymology 2

Verb

cẩu

  1. to lift with a crane

Noun

(classifier cái) cẩu

  1. Short for cần cẩu (“crane (lifting device)”).
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