xáy

Tày

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *qraj (“egg”). Cognate with Thai ไข่ (kài), Northern Thai ᨡᩱ᩵ (khai), Lao ໄຂ່ (khai), Tai Dam ꪼꪎ꪿, Lü ᦺᦃᧈ (ẋay¹), Shan ၶႆႇ (khài), Khamti ၵဲ, Ahom 𑜁𑜩 (khay), Bouyei jais, Zhuang gyaeq. Compare Sui geis (“egg”) and Southern Kam geiv (“egg”).

Pronunciation

(Thạch An – Tràng Định) IPA^(key): [saj˧˥]
(Trùng Khánh) IPA^(key): [saj˦]

Noun

xáy

egg

References

Lương Bèn (2011) Từ điển Tày-Việt [Tay-Vietnamese dictionary]‎ (in Vietnamese), Thái Nguyên: Nhà Xuất bản Đại học Thái Nguyên

Vietnamese

Etymology

From Proto-Vietic *tʃeʔ (“to dig”). Related to xay (“to husk (rice)”, originally the reduplicated form of Proto-Vietic *tʃeʔ), chày (“pestle”, the Proto-Vietic *-r- infixed form).

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [saj˧˦]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [saj˨˩˦]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [sa(ː)j˦˥]

Verb

xáy

(rare) to dig (with a pointed tool); to hollow; to excavate; to scoop out

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