cầy

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [kəj˨˩]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [kəj˦˩]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [kəj˨˩]

From Proto-Mon-Khmer *cgəj (“dog”). Cognate with Khmer ឆ្កែ (chkae, “dog”), Khasi skei (“Indian muntjac, barking deer”), Bahnar sơke (“wild boar”) and Ngeq [cakɛː] ("dog").

(classifier con) cầy (猉)

1. civet; viverrid (family Viverridae)
2. Short for thịt cầy (“dog meat”).

   giả cầy

   pork prepared to resemble dog meat

cầy (𦓿)

1. (dialectal) Alternative form of cày (“plough”)