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Emilian
Etymology
From Latin casa.
Noun
cà f (plural cà)
- house
Synonyms
Lombard
Etymology
Akin to Italian casa, from Latin.
Noun
cà f
- house
Mandarin
Romanization
cà (ca4, Zhuyin ㄘㄚˋ)
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 囃
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 磣 / 碜
Portuguese
Adverb
cà (not comparable)
- obsolete spelling of cá
Scottish Gaelic
Pronunciation
Adverb
cà
- Colloquial apocopic form of càite (“where”)
- Cà 'l thu dol? ― Where you going?
- Cà na chuir thu e? ― Where'd you put him?
References
- ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1941) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. II: The dialects of Skye and Ross-shire, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
Tày
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Proto-Tai *ɣaːᴬ (“thatch grass”). Cognate with Northern Thai ᨤᩣ, Lao ຄາ (khā), Lü ᦆᦱ (xaa), Shan ၶႃး (kháa), Tai Nüa ᥑᥣᥰ (xäa), Ahom 𑜁𑜡 (khā), Thai คา (kaa). Compare Proto-Hlai *Ciɦaː (“thatch grass”) (> haː¹~zaː¹~hjaː¹ across the different lects), Sui yal (“thatch grass”).
Noun
cà (𬞢, 𪲾)
- thatch grass
- nhả cà ― thatch grass
- rườn cà ― thatched house
Tàng bấu pây rộc nhả cà.- (please add an English translation of this usage example)
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From Old Chinese 枷 (OC *ɡa, *ɡal, *kraːl, “cangue”). Cognate with Lao ຄາ (khā), Lü ᦅᦱ (kaa), Saek ค๊า, Thai คา (kaa).
Verb
cà (歌)
- to be entangled in
- coóc bẻ cà lị ― a goat's horn entangled in a fence
- to choke on
- Synonym: cạng
- cảng pja cà cò ― to choke on a bone while eating fish
Etymology 3
Adjective
cà (𦖊, 呵)
- that; yonder
Particle
cà
- Final affirmative particle for emphasis or contrast
Ay, lèo chin da chắng đây cà.- If you're sick, you have to use medicine to cure it.
Đảy dá cà.- Should be alright.
Te mà thâng dá cà.- But they're already home.
Derived terms
Etymology 4
Compare ca.
Prefix
cà
- Meaningless, occasionally intensifying prefix used in certain nouns and adjectives
Derived terms
Etymology 5
Verb
cà
- to swell
- Synonyms: phoọc, câư, pạo
U ca khẩn.- The breast is swelling up.
References
- Lương Bèn (2011) Từ điển Tày-Việt (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 (in Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Khoa học Xã hội
- Léopold Michel Cadière (1910) Dictionnaire Tày-Annamite-Français (in French), Hanoi: Impressions d'Extrême-Orient
Vietnamese
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Proto-Vietic *gaː. Alves (2022) considers this to be borrowed from Chinese and thus non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 茄 (SV: gia); compare 茄 (OC *ɡa) (ZS).
Noun
(classifier cây, quả, trái) cà • (茄, 𣖚, 柯, 𪲾, 𣘁, 𫉸)
- Any plant of the Solanaceae family, including the eggplant, tomato, potato, various nightshades, etc.
- cà dầm tương ― a type of egglant (cà bát) soaked in a local soy sauce
Derived terms
References
Etymology 2
Possibly related to cạ.
Verb
cà
- to rub
Etymology 3
This prefix might have an allomorph cù, seen in cù nhây, cù bơ cù bất.
Prefix
cà • (𣘁)
- repetitive prefix used for some verbs
Derived terms