mây
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See also: Appendix:Variations of "may"
Vietnamese
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [məj˧˧]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [məj˧˧]
- (Saigon) IPA(key): [məj˧˧]
Audio (Hà Nội): (file) Audio (Saigon): (file)
Etymology 1
[edit]From Proto-Vietic *k-mǝl (“cloud”), from Proto-Mon-Khmer *mhuəl ~ *mhəl (“cloud”); cognate with Muong mầl, Bahnar hơmơ̆l, Kuy lmʌ̤l, Santali ᱨᱤᱢᱤᱞ (rimil).
Attested in the Annan Jishi (安南即事, 13th century) as 梅 (MC mwoj).
Noun
[edit](classifier áng, đám) mây • (𩄲, 𫡮, 𬨿)
Usage notes
[edit]- The classifier áng is only used in the literary language.
Derived terms
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]Noun
[edit](classifier cây) mây • (𣛠, 𬨿, 𫂗)
Derived terms
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- Vietnamese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Vietnamese terms with audio pronunciation
- Vietnamese terms inherited from Proto-Vietic
- Vietnamese terms derived from Proto-Vietic
- Vietnamese terms inherited from Proto-Mon-Khmer
- Vietnamese terms derived from Proto-Mon-Khmer
- Vietnamese nouns classified by áng
- Vietnamese nouns classified by đám
- Vietnamese lemmas
- Vietnamese nouns
- Vietnamese nouns classified by cây
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