gẻ

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ge"

Middle Vietnamese

Alternative forms

iẻ

Pronunciation

(Đông Kinh) IPA^(key): /ʝɛ³/

Etymology

From Proto-Vietic *k-cɛh (“rag”); cognate with Muong ché.

Noun

gẻ

rag, dust cloth
lếy gẻ mà ꞗá áo
to take a rag and patch a dress with it
(cloth) body (comparative viscosity, solidity, or substance)
Ꞗóc này tốt gẻ.
This piece of silk is full of body.

ꞗĕải tốt gẻ
silk full of body

Descendants

Vietnamese: giẻ

References

De Rhodes, Alexandre (1651), “gẻ”, Dictionarium Annamiticum Lusitanum et Latinum

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