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Tày
Etymology
From Proto-Tai *ʰɲelᴬ (“civet cat”). Cognate with Isan เหง็น, Lao ເຫງັນ (ngen) or ເຫັນ (hen), Lü ᦠᦲᧃ (ḣiin), Tai Dam ꪹꪐꪸꪙ, Shan ႁဵၼ် (hǎen), Tai Nüa ᥞᥥᥢᥴ (hén), Ahom 𑜑𑜢𑜃𑜫 (hin), Thai เห็น (hěn).
Pronunciation
Noun
hên
- civet; fox
References
- Hoàng Văn Ma, Lục Văn Pảo, Hoàng Chí (2006) Từ điển Tày-Nùng-Việt [Tay-Nung-Vietnamese dictionary] (in Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Từ điển Bách khoa Hà Nội
Vietnamese
Etymology
Borrowed from Cantonese 幸 (hang6, “lucky”, SV hạnh).
Pronunciation
Adjective
hên • (𢟑)
- (Southern Vietnam) lucky
Synonyms
Welsh
Adjective
hên
- Obsolete spelling of hen (“old”)