đèn cầy

Vietnamese

Etymology

đèn (“lamp”) +‎ cầy (“Irvingia malayana”).

In Đại Nam quấc âm tự vị (1895), it is noted that the sap of I. malayana was used to make đèn cầy.

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɗɛn˨˩ kəj˨˩]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɗɛŋ˦˩ kəj˦˩]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ʔɗɛŋ˨˩ kəj˨˩]

Noun

(classifier cây, ngọn) đèn cầy

(Southern Vietnam) candle
Synonym: nến

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