cáy khoa

Tày

Etymology

From cáy (chicken) +‎ khoa, the latter being a variant of sloa.

Pronunciation

Noun

(Classifier: tua) cáy khoa

  1. pheasant
    Synonym: nộc sloa
    tua cáy khoa khaosilver pheasant
    Tua cáy khoa mì hang lì
    The pheasant has a long tail.

References

  • Léopold Michel Cadière (1910) Dictionnaire Tày-Annamite-Français [Tày-Vietnamese-French Dictionary]‎[1] (in French), Hanoi: Impressions d'Extrême-Orient