củi

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Vietnamese

Etymology

From Proto-Vietic *guːs ~ *kuːs (fire; firewood), from Proto-Mon-Khmer *( )ʔus ~ *( )ʔuus ~ *( )ʔuəs (firewood). Cognate with Muong cúi (fire, firewood), Pacoh uih, Khmer អុស (ʼoh)​.

This is one of three known cases of velar initial in Vietnamese corresponding to zero-initial in other Austroasiatic branches. The other two cases are cứt (shit) and the dialectal cảy (swollen).

Pronunciation

Noun

(classifier cây, khúc, thanh, que) củi (, )

  1. firewood

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