Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word
cẳng. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word
cẳng, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say
cẳng in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word
cẳng you have here. The definition of the word
cẳng will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition of
cẳng, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
Tày
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Adjective
cẳng
- long
- Synonyms: rì, dào
Etymology 2
Verb
cẳng
- to throw
- Synonyms: bẳn, bén
- cẳng hin ― to throw rocks
References
- Léopold Michel Cadière (1910) Dictionnaire Tày-Annamite-Français (in French), Hanoi: Impressions d'Extrême-Orient
Vietnamese
Etymology
|
|
This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “What exactly is the source though? The non-Sinitic Trans-Himalayan subgroup closest geographically to Vietnamese is Loloish/Ngwi, where this root is pretty much absent.”
|
From Proto-Vietic *kaŋh (“leg, foot”), from a Sino-Tibetan language. Compare Proto-Karen *khaŋᴮ (“foot; leg”) (whence S'gaw Karen ခီၣ် (khaẁ)), Tibetan རྐང (rkang) (as in རྐང་པ (rkang pa), Western Tamang कङ् (kaŋ, “leg”).
Usually theorized as being from Old Chinese 脛 (OC *m-kʰˤeŋ-s) (B-S) (SV: hĩnh), derived from the same Sino-Tibetan root, but the vowel correspondences is irregular.
Pronunciation
Noun
cẳng • (亘)
- (chiefly Central Vietnam, Southern Vietnam, colloquial) leg
- Synonyms: chân, giò
Derived terms