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Tày
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Proto-Tai *klaːꟲ (“rice seedling”), from Old Chinese 稼 (OC *kˤra-s, “sow crops”) (B-S). Cognate with Northern Thai ᨠᩖ᩶ᩣ, Lao ກ້າ (kā), Lü ᦂᦱᧉ (k̇aa²), Shan ၵႃႈ (kāa), Thai กล้า (glâa).
Noun
chả (稼)
- rice seedling
- lồng chả ― to sow the seedlings
- lốc chả ― to pull up the seedlings
bươn slam lồng chả bươn hả năm nà- Sow the seeds in March, reap the crops in May.
乖彰稼吪彰𪽖- Quai chướng chả, vả chướng nà.
- The wise tend the seedlings while the fool tend the fields.
坎克哢齐汨务稼- Khảm khắc roọng tẻ thâng mủa chả.
- The kham khac bird's call signals harvesting time.
谷枚欥漣𪽖𫠯稼- Cốc mười hất lìn nà lồng chả.
- Use the apricot's stems as a watering trough for our fields' seedlings.
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Adjective
chả
- fake
- chèn chả ― fake money
- bấu chắc chăn chả ― to not know if it's real or fake
- hết kin chả ― to be deceitful
Verb
chả
- to fake; to pretend
- chả hua chếp ― to fake having a headache
- chả slửa nhung ― to pretend to make a velvet shirt
Derived terms
Etymology 3
Adjective
chả
- numb; having a frostbite
- dên lai mừ chả lẹo ― so that that one's hands go numb
- khen kha chả ― numb limbs
- stiffly dead; having rigor mortis
tua cáy te thai chả pây dá- The chicken's stone-dead.
Derived terms
References
- Hoàng Văn Ma, Lục Văn Pảo, Hoàng Chí (2006) Từ điển Tày-Nùng-Việt [Tay-Nung-Vietnamese dictionary] (in Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Từ điển Bách khoa Hà Nội
- Lương Bèn (2011) Từ điển Tày-Việt [Tay-Vietnamese dictionary] (in Vietnamese), Thái Nguyên: Nhà Xuất bản Đại học Thái Nguyên
- 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
Vietnamese
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 鮓 (“minced and salted fish”, SV: trả).
Noun
chả • (炙, 鲊, 鮓, 鯺, 鮺, 𤌄)
- patty (a flattened, grilled or fried portion of ground or chopped meat, egg, or seafood)
- (dialectal) Vietnamese pork sausage
Synonyms
- (Vietnamese pork sausage): giò lụa (northern Vietnam), giò, chả lụa (southern Vietnam)
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Corruption of chẳng.
Adverb
chả • (啫, 渚, 𠁙, 𤀞)
- (informal) not at all
Tau chả biết.- I haven't a clue.
- (literally, “I don't know.”)
Usage notes
Like chẳng, chả is more emphatic than không.
Synonyms
Etymology 3
Word formation with distal denotation by adding hỏi tone to the root cha (“dude”) in Southern Vietnamese and certain dialects of Thanh Hoá.
Pronoun
chả
- (Southern Vietnam, informal) he/him, that dude