cẳng

See also: Appendix:Variations of "cang"

Tày

Pronunciation

(Thạch An – Tràng Định) IPA^(key): [kaŋ˨˩˧]
(Trùng Khánh) IPA^(key): [kaŋ˨˦]

Etymology 1

Adjective

cẳng

long
Synonyms: rì, dào

Etymology 2

Verb

cẳng

to throw
Synonyms: bẳn, bén

cẳng hin ― to throw rocks

References

Léopold Michel Cadière (1910) Dictionnaire Tày-Annamite-Français [Tày-Vietnamese-French Dictionary]‎^[1] (in French), Hanoi: Impressions d'Extrême-Orient

Vietnamese

Etymology

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “What exactly is the source though? The non-Sinitic Trans-Himalayan subgroup closest geographically to Vietnamese is Loloish/Ngwi, where this root is pretty much absent.”

From Proto-Vietic *kaŋh (“leg, foot”), from a Sino-Tibetan language. Compare Proto-Karen *khaŋᴮ (“foot; leg”) (whence S'gaw Karen ခီၣ် (khaẁ)), Tibetan རྐང (rkang) (as in རྐང་པ (rkang pa), Western Tamang कङ् (kaŋ, “leg”).

Usually theorized as being from Old Chinese 脛 (OC *m-kʰˤeŋ-s) (B-S) (SV: hĩnh), derived from the same Sino-Tibetan root, but the vowel correspondences is irregular.

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [kaŋ˧˩]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [kaŋ˧˨]
(Saigon) IPA^(key): [kaŋ˨˩˦]

Noun

cẳng • (亘)

(chiefly Central Vietnam, Southern Vietnam, colloquial) leg
Synonyms: chân, giò

Derived terms