mày

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Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 眉 (“eyebrows”, SV: mi); compare mi (“eyelashes”).

mày • (眉, 𣭒, 𣮮)

1. eyebrows

   Synonym: lông mày

• Functions as a "singular" noun and a general noun, and currently rarely or cannot be accompanied by cặp (“pair”) by itself.

  có vết thẹo nhỏ dưới mày ― having a small scar beneath (one of) the eyebrows

• mi

From Proto-Vietic *miː, from Proto-Austroasiatic *miːʔ. Cognate with Koho mi (“you”), Pacoh may (“you”), Khasi me (“you”), Mang miː², Central Nicobarese me (“you”).

• (Central Vietnam) mi
• (Nẫu) mầy
• (abbreviation) m

mày • (眉, 迈, 𱚧, 𠋥, 𡮠)

1. (Northern Vietnam, Southern Vietnam, in the singular, impolite, familiar, disrespectful or hostile) you

• The corresponding first-person pronoun is tao.
• This form of address is considered disrespectful when speaking to an older person.

mày • (眉)

1. (obsolete in isolation) to gather or to pick up bits and pieces

mày • (眉)

1. (by extension, obsolete) adopted or adoptive

   Synonym: nuôi

   • (Can we date this quote?), Quan Âm chính văn tân truyện (觀音正文新傳):

     昆眉麻種吒餒
     形容意思恪芇生生

     Con mày mà giống cha nuôi,
     Hình dong, ý tứ khác nào sinh sinh.

     Adopted, yet he looks just like his foster father,
     Be it in look or mind, it is like he is of the same blood.