cụ kị

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

cụ kỵ

Etymology

cụ (“great-grandparents”) +‎ kị (“great-great-grandparents”).

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ku˧˨ʔ ki˧˨ʔ]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [kʊw˨˩ʔ kɪj˨˩ʔ]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [kʊw˨˩˨ kɪj˨˩˨]

Noun

(collectively) great-grandparents and great-great-grandparents
(figurative) ancestors; forebears

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.