cành

Vietnamese

Etymology

From Proto-Vietic *t-kɛːŋʔ ~ *t-gɛːŋʔ, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *kaŋ ~ *kaaŋ ~ *kaiŋ() ~ *kiəŋ ~ *kaik; cognate with Arem /kɑːŋˀ/ and Sedang tơkang. The tone correspondence is irregular.

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [kajŋ̟˨˩]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [kɛɲ˦˩]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [kan˨˩]

Noun

cành (梗)

tree branch

Derived terms

cành nhánh

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