cài

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Etymology

From Latin cadere.

Pronunciation

Verb

cài

  1. fall

References

Mandarin

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

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Romanization

cài (cai4, Zhuyin ㄘㄞˋ)

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Tày

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Noun

cài

  1. Short for pja cài.

Etymology 2

Cognate with Thai คาย (kaai).

Adjective

cài

  1. rough; containing small sharp fuzz that can cause discomfort
    bâư slửa càirough shirt
    bâư mạy càirough leaf
    phên phà càirough blanket
    cài mảybamboo fuzz
Derived terms

Etymology 3

From Proto-Tai *ɣaːjᴬ (to put out of the mouth). Cognate with Northern Thai ᨤᩣ᩠ᨿ, Lao ຄາຍ (khāi), ᦆᦻ (xaay), Shan ၶၢႆး (kháai), Saek กฺ๊าย, Nong Zhuang haiz, Thai คาย (kaai).

Verb

cài (𡀲, )

  1. to spit out
    chin ỏi cài nhửato eat sugarcane and spit out the residue
    cài bấu ooc, nựn bấu lồngto be unable to spit out or swallow through

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

Etymology

Cognate with Chut kal² (Babaev & Samarina, 2018).

Pronunciation

Verb

cài ()

  1. to pin; to fasten
    trâm cài tóca hairpin
  2. (computing) Short for cài đặt (to install).

See also

Derived terms