chày

See also: chay, cháy, chấy, chảy, and chạy

Vietnamese

Etymology

From Proto-Vietic *tʃ-r-eː, the infixed nominal derivative of Proto-Vietic *tʃeː (“to grind”) (> xay (“to grind”)), from Proto-Austroasiatic *ɟ<nr>eːʔ (“pestle”). Cognate with Muong Bi khày, Pacoh ntray, Khasi synrei, Khmer អង្រែ (ʼɑngrɛɛ), Riang tᵊnrɛʔ¹, Hu ŋʁíʔ, Semai renééq.

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [t͡ɕaj˨˩]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [t͡ɕaj˦˩]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ca(ː)j˨˩]

Noun

(classifier cây, cái, chiếc) chày • (𣖖, 𣖗, 持, 㭙)

  1. pestle (instrument used with a mortar to grind things)
  2. (by extension, baseball, softball) bat
    bóng chày ― baseball

Derived terms

See also

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