cà

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Alternative forms

Noun

cà f

  1. house

Synonyms

Lombard

Etymology

Akin to Italian casa, from Latin.

Noun

cà f

  1. house

Mandarin

Alternative forms

Romanization

cà (ca4, Zhuyin ㄘㄚˋ)

  1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 囃
  2. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 磣／碜

Portuguese

Adverb

cà (not comparable)

  1. Obsolete spelling of cá.

Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

Adverb

cà

  1. Colloquial apocopic form of càite (“where”)
    Cà 'l thu dol? ― Where you going?

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)

  1. thatch grass
    nhả cà ― thatch grass
    rườn cà ― thatched house
    Tàng bấu pây rộc nhả cà.
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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)

  1. to be entangled in
    coóc bẻ cà lị ― a goat's horn entangled in a fence
  2. to choke on
    Synonym: cạng
    cảng pja cà cò ― to choke on a bone while eating fish

Etymology 3

Adjective

cà (𦖊, 呵)

  1. that; yonder

Particle

cà

  1. 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

  1. Meaningless, occasionally intensifying prefix used in certain nouns and adjectives
Derived terms

Etymology 5

Verb

cà

  1. to swell
    Synonyms: phoọc, câư, pạo
    U ca khẩn.
    The breast is swelling up.

References

  • 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
  • Léopold Michel Cadière (1910) Dictionnaire Tày-Annamite-Français [Tày-Vietnamese-French Dictionary]‎ (in French), Hanoi: Impressions d'Extrême-Orient

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Proto-Vietic *gaː; non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 茄 (SV: gia).

Noun

(classifier cây, quả, trái) cà • (茄, 𣖚, 柯, 𪲾, 𣘁, 𫉸)

  1. nightshade
    cà dầm tương ― a type of egglant (cà bát) soaked in a local soy sauce
Derived terms
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Possibly related to cạ.

Verb

cà

  1. to rub

Etymology 3

Prefix

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cà

  1. repetitive prefix used for some verbs
See also
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