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Vietnamese
Etymology
From Proto-Vietic *tʃ-r-eː, the infixed nominal derivative of Proto-Vietic *tʃeː (“to grind”) (whence modern xay (“to grind”)). Cognate with Muong Bi khày, Proto-Katuic *ʔndree (whence Pacoh ntray), Khasi synrei, Khmer អង្រែ (ʼɑngrɛɛ), Riang tᵊnrɛʔ¹, Hu ŋʁíʔ, Semai renééq.
Pronunciation
Noun
(classifier cây, cái, chiếc) chày • (𣖖, 𣖗, 持, 𱤡)
- a pestle (instrument used with a mortar to grind things)
- (by extension, baseball, softball) a bat
- bóng chày ― baseball
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