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Tày
Etymology
From Proto-Tai *pajᴬ (“to go”). Cognate with Northern Thai ᨻᩱ (pai), Khün ᨻᩱ (pai), Lao ໄປ (pai), Lü ᦺᦔ (ṗay) and ᦺᦗ (pay), Tai Dam ꪼꪜ, Shan ပႆ (pǎi), Aiton ပႝ (pay), Phake ပႝ (pay), Zhuang bae, Bouyei bail, Thai ไป (bpai).
Pronunciation
Verb
pây (𫨰)
- to go
- pây háng ― go to the market
- pây hết công ― go to work
- to leave; to set out
- (vehicles, of people) to go by; to board; to get on
- pây xe đạp ― go by bike
- (of vehicles) to go/run/travel
Particle
pây (𫨰)
- after a verb, conveys an urging or commanding tone
Khảu rườn pây.- Get in the house.
Thâng vằn pjục pây.- Tomorrow.
References
- Lương Bèn (2011) Từ điển Tày-Việt (in Vietnamese), Thái Nguyên: Nhà Xuất bản Đại học Thái Nguyên
- Dương Nhật Thanh, Hoàng Tuấn Nam (2003) Hoàng Triều Ân, editor, Từ điển chữ Nôm Tày (in Tày and Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Khoa học xã hội