rái

Faroese

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɹɔɑːjɪ/
Rhymes: -ɔɑːjɪ
Homophones: ráði, ráðið

Adjective

rái

definite masculine nominative singular of ráur

Vietnamese

Etymology

From Proto-Vietic *p-seːʔ. Compare Nghệ An/Hà Tĩnh dialects tấy and Pacoh pixay.

Shorto (2006) noted a possible connection with Proto-Mon-Khmer *bheʔ[1]; Blench (2018) considered Vietic *p-seːʔ closest to the original form, given other reflexes' long vowels and final glottal; addtionally, Blench suggested medial fricative /s/ was weakened to /h/.[2].

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [zaːj˧˦]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [ʐaːj˨˩˦]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ɹaːj˦˥]

Noun

(classifier con) rái (𤞫, 𤠹)

otter

Derived terms

rái cá

References

Shorto, H. A Mon-Khmer Comparative Dictionary, Ed. Paul Sidwell, 2006. Entry 260, p. 126
Blench. R. "Weterworld: lexical evidence for aquatic subsistence strategies in Austroasiatic" in Papers from the Seventh International Conference on Austroasiatic Linguistics, JSEALS. 2018. p. 188

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[1] Shorto, H. A Mon-Khmer Comparative Dictionary, Ed. Paul Sidwell, 2006. Entry 260, p. 126

[2] Blench. R. "Weterworld: lexical evidence for aquatic subsistence strategies in Austroasiatic" in Papers from the Seventh International Conference on Austroasiatic Linguistics, JSEALS. 2018. p. 188