căng

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "cang"

Tày

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Cognate with Zhuang gaeng.

Noun

(classifier tua) căng (𪻈, 𤞀, 犺)

  1. gorilla
    Đán pằng, căng loọng, nộc bân, hên khuýa
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Noun

(classifier mạy) căng

  1. genipa
    Synonyms: cật, cằng

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

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Adjective

căng • (兢, 扛, 膙, 𢫮)

  1. tense
Derived terms

Verb

căng • (兢, 扛, 膙, 𢫮)

  1. to tense

Etymology 2

From French camp de concentration.

Noun

căng

  1. concentration camp (usually referring to those operated under French colonial administration)

Etymology 3

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “The expression "cha căng chú kiết" is attested in Vịnh ông cắng đánh nhau by Hồ Xuân Hương so this term is unlikely to be a French loan. Compare Zhuang gaeng and Tày căng.”

Noun

(classifier con) căng • (兢)

  1. certain species of macaque
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