mây

See also: may, May, mAy, maý, máy, mày, mấy, and mãy

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

From Proto-Vietic *k-mǝl (“cloud”), from Proto-Mon-Khmer *mhuəl ~ *mhəl (“cloud”); cognate with Muong mầl, Bahnar hơmơ̆l and Kuy [lmʌ̤l]. Munda cognates include Santali ᱨᱤᱢᱤᱞ (rimil).

Noun

(classifier đám) mây (𨗠, 𩄲, 𫡮, 𬨿)

cloud

Derived terms

Derived terms

mây đen
mây mù
mây mưa
mây ti
mây tích

Etymology 2

Noun

(classifier cây) mây (梅, 𥷻, 𫂗)

rattan

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