cả

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Caolan

Verb

cả

  1. to kill

Muong

Etymology

From Proto-Vietic *ʔa-kaːʔ. From Proto-Mon-Khmer *kaʔ. Cognate with Vietnamese cá.

Pronunciation

Noun

cả

  1. (Mường Bi) fish

References

  • Nguyễn Văn Khang, Bùi Chỉ, Hoàng Văn Hành (2002) Từ điển Mường - Việt (Muong - Vietnamese dictionary)‎, Nhà xuất bản Văn hoá Dân tộc Hà Nội

Tày

Pronunciation

Adjective

cả (奇)

  1. large; head; elegant

References

  • 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

Tho

Etymology

From Proto-Vietic *ʔa-kaːʔ, cognate with Vietnamese cá.

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /kaː³/

Noun

cả

  1. (Cuối Chăm, zoology) fish

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Proto-Vietic *kah.

Adjective

cả • (哿, 奇, 𪥘)

  1. main, biggest
  2. whole
    Cả lớp đứng lên!
    The whole class, stand up!
  3. (Northern Vietnam) firstborn; eldest; oldest
    Synonym: hai (Southern Vietnam)
    Antonym: út
  4. (Roman Catholicism) great (title referring to an important leader)
    Grêgôriô Cả ― Gregory the Great

Determiner

cả (哿, 奇, 𪥘)

  1. all
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Derived terms

Etymology 2

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 價 (“price, cost”, SV: giá).

Noun

cả

  1. (only in compounds) price, cost
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