kêu

See also: keu and ke'u

Vietnamese

Etymology

From Proto-Vietic *keːw (“to call”), a non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 叫 (“to call; to cry; to shout”; SV: khiếu) or from Proto-Mon-Khmer *[c]kuul, *[c]kuəl, *[c]kəl, *[c]kiil, *[c]kiəl (“to call, to bark”). Akin to Proto-Pearic *keːv.

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [kew˧˧]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [kew˧˧]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [kew˧˧]

Verb

kêu (呌, 叫, 嗃, 嘵, 𡆌, 啸, 󱋣)

to call, to cry

Derived terms

Derived terms

kêu ca
kêu cầu
kêu gào
kêu gọi
kêu la
kêu nài
kêu rêu
kêu trời
kêu van
thùng rỗng kêu to

Noun

(classifier tiếng) kêu (呌, 叫, 嗃, 嘵, 𡆌, 啸, 󱋣)

call

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