gối
Vietnamese
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ɣoj˧˦]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [ɣoj˨˩˦]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [ɣoj˦˥]
Etymology 1
From Proto-Vietic *-koːlʔ, perhaps from Proto-Mon-Khmer *kulʔ, a variant of *kəl( ) ~ *kəəlʔ (“to support; to help”). Compare Khmer កល់ (kɑl, “to support from below”), ខ្នល់ (khnɑl, “prop; cushion”).
Verb
gối
Etymology 2
From Proto-Vietic *t-kuːlʔ, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *-kuul; cognate with Pacoh tarcoul and Cua /takuːl/. Compare also Nghệ An/Hà Tĩnh dialects cúi, gúi.
Derived terms
- đầu gối (“knee”)
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