trải
Vietnamese
Alternative forms
- (Northern Vietnam) giải
Etymology
From Proto-Vietic *p-laːs (“fathom”), from Proto-Mon-Khmer *laas (“to spread; to extend”) (via *plaas); cognate with Mon ပၠံး (plah, “to spread out; to extend”), Riang plɑs¹. Related to sải.
Attested in Phật thuyết đại báo phụ mẫu ân trọng kinh (佛說大報父母恩重經) as 阿賴, composed of 阿 (MC 'a) + 賴 (MC lajH) (modern SV: a lại).
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [t͡ɕaːj˧˩]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [ʈaːj˧˨]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [ʈaːj˨˩˦]
Verb
- to spread on a surface
- trải chiếu ― to spread a mat
- trải khăn bàn ― to put on a tablecloth
- (by extension) to have experienced; to have gone through
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