khái

See also: khai

Vietnamese

Etymology

From Proto-Vietic *kʰaːlʔ; uncertain connection with Proto-Mon-Khmer *klaʔ (whence Khmer ខ្លា (khlaa), Bahnar kla, Khasi khla, Mon ကၠ). Compare also Khmer ខាល (khaal, “Year of the Tiger”).

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [xaːj˧˦]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [kʰaːj˨˩˦]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [kʰaːj˦˥] ~ [xaːj˦˥]
(Vinh) IPA^(key): /kʰaːj˩˩/

Noun

(classifier con) khái (𤠲, 𤡚)

(Nghệ An dialect, Hà Tĩnh dialect) a tiger (The mammal Panthera tigris)

Synonyms

hổ
cọp
hùm
kễnh
ông ba mươi

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