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Etymology
From Proto-Tai *qrwɤjꟲ (“mountain stream”). Cognate with Lao ຫ້ວຍ (wany), Lü ᦠᦽᧉ (ḣoy²), Shan ႁူၺ်ႈ (hōi), Ahom 𑜍𑜤𑜐𑜫 (ruñ), Saek รี̂, Zuojiang Zhuang khui or hui , Thai ห้วย (hûai).
Pronunciation
Noun
khuổi
- stream; brook
- khuổi loo̱ng ― brook of a river
- khuổi cải, khuổi ỉ ― large stream, small stream
- pây (nă̱ng) khuổi ― to poo (literally, “to go (sit at) the stream”)
Khảu khuổi, oóc tô̱ng.- Out from the streams, into the fields.
References
- Lương Bèn (2011) Từ điển Tày-Việt (in Vietnamese), Thái Nguyên: Nhà Xuất bản Đại học Thái Nguyên
- Hoàng Văn Ma, Lục Văn Pảo, Hoàng Chí (2006) Từ điển Tày-Nùng-Việt (in Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Từ điển Bách khoa Hà Nội
- Léopold Michel Cadière (1910) Dictionnaire Tày-Annamite-Français (in French), Hanoi: Impressions d'Extrême-Orient