cẩu

See also: cau, cấu, câu, cầu, čau, cậu, and ĉaŭ

Tày

Pronunciation

(Thạch An – Tràng Định) IPA^(key): [kəw˨˩˧]
(Trùng Khánh) IPA^(key): [kəw˨˦]

Etymology 1

**Tày cardinal numbers**
< 8	9	10 >
Cardinal : cẩu

From Proto-Tai *kɤwꟲ (“nine”), from Chinese 九 (MC kjuwX, “nine”). Cognate with Thai เก้า (gâao), Northern Thai ᨠᩮᩢ᩶ᩣ, Lao ເກົ້າ (kao), Lü ᦂᧁᧉ (k̇aw²), Shan ၵဝ်ႈ (kāo), Tai Nüa ᥐᥝᥲ (kàw), Ahom 𑜀𑜧 (kaw), Bouyei guz, Zhuang gouj, Saek กู̂.

Numeral

cẩu (九)

nine

Etymology 2

From Chinese 狗 (MC kuwX).

Noun

cẩu (狗)

(zoology) dog

Synonyms

ma

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [kəw˧˩]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [kəw˧˨]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [kəw˨˩˦]

Etymology 1

Sino-Vietnamese word from 狗.

Noun

(classifier con) cẩu

(rare, humorous) dog (animal)
Synonym: chó

Verb

cẩu

to lift with a crane

Noun

(classifier cái) cẩu

Short for cần cẩu (“crane (lifting device)”).

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