gà

head

猗, 鵸, 𤠄, 𪂮, 𪃴, 𪃿

gà • (猗, 鵸, 𤠄, 𪂮, 𪃴, 𪃿)

vi-noun

猗, 鵸, 𤠄, 𪂮, 𪃴, 𪃿

(classifier con) gà • (猗, 鵸, 𤠄, 𪂮, 𪃴, 𪃿)

con (classifier)
猗 (CJK)
鵸 (CJK)
𤠄 (CJK)
𪂮 (CJK)
𪃴 (CJK)
𪃿 (CJK)

LL-Q9199 (vie)-Jessica Nguyen (Pamputt)-gà.wav

From Proto-Vietic *r-kaː. Cognate with Muong Bi ca, Thavung กา. Compare Khmer រកា (rɔɔrɔkaa, “Year of the Rooster”).

cog

gà chọi

Khôn ngoan đối đáp người ngoài.
Gà cùng một mẹ chớ hoài đá nhau.
If you think you're so smart, engage outsiders.
We're chicks who share a mother, so don't fight each other.


gà

Gà lần nào cũng thua thì đánh làm gì.

Every time you/they up the ante, you/they lose, so why bother?

Để em nó tự làm toán, anh đừng gà cho nó.

Let him/her solve the math problem on his/her own; don't give the answer away.

to give away an answer (e.g., to a math exercise)

Cờ đương bí, ông ấy chỉ gà cho một nước mà thành thắng.

In a stalemate, he gave up a single turn which meant giving up a victory.

(board games) to give a hint or tip; to forgo a turn


gà tây

[ɣaː˨˩ təj˧˧]

[ɣaː˦˩ təj˧˧]

[ɣaː˨˩ təj˧˧]

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Audio (Hà Nội)


công

From Proto-Vietic *k-voːŋ. Cognate with North Central Vietnamese cuông, Arem vùəŋ, Parauk kaong:, Semai kuwok, Semnam kwɔːŋ.
Compare also Chinese 孔 (OC *[k]ʰˤoŋʔ) (B-S) (SV: khổng), which might represent an Austroasiatic loan if not just a coincidence.

Con công hay múa,
Nó múa làm sao?
Nó rụt cổ vào,
Nó xòe cánh ra.
The peacock often dances,
How does he dance?
He draws his neck in,
He spreads his wings out.


công

Sino-Vietnamese word from 工 (“work; labor”).

vi-etym-sino

the amount of labor that will factor in your pay


công

Sino-Vietnamese word from 功 (“accomplishment”). Also from Chinese 婦功／妇功 (phụ công, “wifely competence”).


công

Sino-Vietnamese word from 公 (“public; common; duke”).

vi-etym-sino

việc công

trường công

(formal or of a school) public or state-owned


ổ

The letter ô with the hook above (dấu hỏi) to indicate a "mid-falling" tone (thanh hỏi) in its pronunciation.


Dậu

the tenth earthly branch represented by the Rooster


gáy

From Middle Vietnamese gấy, from Proto-Vietic *t-giːʔ; cognate with Sách təki:⁴.


gáy

From Middle Vietnamese gáy, from Proto-Vietic *t-karʔ. Compare also Proto-Katuic *tkar (whence Pacoh ticár).

(of a rooster) to crow; (of a bird) to pipe


gà công nghiệp

[ɣaː˨˩ kəwŋ͡m˧˧ ŋiəp̚˧˨ʔ]

[ɣaː˦˩ kəwŋ͡m˧˧ ŋiəp̚˨˩ʔ]

[ɣaː˨˩ kəwŋ͡m˧˧ ŋip̚˨˩˨]

gà (“chicken”) + công nghiệp (“industry”).


chiếp

[t͡ɕiəp̚˦˧˥]


cục ta cục tác

[kʊwk͡p̚˧˨ʔ taː˧˧ kʊwk͡p̚˧˨ʔ taːk̚˧˦]

[kʊwk͡p̚˨˩ʔ taː˧˧ kʊwk͡p̚˨˩ʔ taːk̚˦˧˥]

[kʊwk͡p̚˨˩˨ taː˧˧ kʊwk͡p̚˨˩˨ taːk̚˦˥]


cục tác

[kʊwk͡p̚˧˨ʔ taːk̚˧˦]

[kʊwk͡p̚˨˩ʔ taːk̚˦˧˥]

[kʊwk͡p̚˨˩˨ taːk̚˦˥]

From Proto-Vietic *k-taːk, ultimately onomatopoeic.


ò ó o

[ʔɔ˨˩ ʔɔ˧˦ ʔɔ˧˧]

[ʔɔ˦˩ ʔɔ˨˩˦ ʔɔ˧˧]

[ʔɔ˨˩ ʔɔ˦˥ ʔɔ˧˧]


da gà

[zaː˧˧ ɣaː˨˩]

[jaː˧˧ ɣaː˦˩]

[jaː˧˧ ɣaː˨˩]

da (“skin”) + gà (“chicken”), so called due to the feather-free-chicken-skin-like appearance.

nổi da gà


gà trống nuôi con

[ɣaː˨˩ t͡ɕəwŋ͡m˧˦ nuəj˧˧ kɔn˧˧]

[ɣaː˦˩ ʈəwŋ͡m˦˧˥ nuj˧˧ kɔŋ˧˧]

[ɣaː˨˩ ʈəwŋ͡m˦˥ nuj˧˧ kɔŋ˧˧]

(literal) a rooster/cock who raises his own chicks


ổ gà

[ʔo˧˩ ɣaː˨˩]

[ʔow˧˨ ɣaː˦˩]

[ʔow˨˩˦ ɣaː˨˩]

(figurative) a small or medium-sized pothole


đa đa

[ʔɗaː˧˧ ʔɗaː˧˧]

[ʔɗaː˧˧ ʔɗaː˧˧]

[ʔɗaː˧˧ ʔɗaː˧˧]

A variant, da da, which was also a pun on the Chinese word 家 (gia, “home”) in contrast with cuốc cuốc and the Chinese word 國／国 (quốc, “country”, as in 國家／国家 (quốc gia, “country; nation”)), existed in Bà Huyện Thanh Quan's poem titled Qua đèo Ngang (“Crossing the Ngang Pass”).

♂: Có con chim đa đa nó đậu cành đa.
Sao không lấy chồng gần mà đi lấy chồng xa ?
Có con chim đa đa hót lời nỉ non.
Sao em nỡ lấy chồng từ khi tuổi còn son ?
Để con chim đa đa ngậm ngùi đành bay xa.
♂: There's that francolin perching on a banyan branch.

(Can we date this quote?), Võ Đông Điền (lyrics and music), “Tiếng hát chim đa đa [The Francolin's Song]”

Why didn't you marry someone here, but someone so far away?
There's that francolin crying his desperate song.
How could you get married at such a tender age?
Now that the francolin has no choice but fly away.

Francolinus pintadeanus
Francolinus pintadeanus#Translingual

a Chinese francolin (Francolinus pintadeanus)


ông nói gà, bà nói vịt

[ʔəwŋ͡m˧˧ nɔj˧˦ ɣaː˨˩ ʔɓaː˨˩ nɔj˧˦ vit̚˧˨ʔ]

[ʔəwŋ͡m˧˧ nɔj˨˩˦ ɣaː˦˩ ʔɓaː˦˩ nɔj˨˩˦ vit̚˨˩ʔ]

[ʔəwŋ͡m˧˧ nɔj˦˥ ɣaː˨˩ ʔɓaː˨˩ nɔj˦˥ vɨt̚˨˩˨]

[ʔəwŋ͡m˧˧ nɔj˦˥ ɣaː˨˩ ʔɓaː˨˩ nɔj˦˥ jɨt̚˨˩˨]

(literal) he said chickens, she said ducks


khổng tước

[xəwŋ͡m˧˩ tɨək̚˧˦]

[kʰəwŋ͡m˧˨ tɨək̚˦˧˥]

[xəwŋ͡m˧˨ tɨək̚˦˧˥]

[kʰəwŋ͡m˨˩˦ tɨək̚˦˥]

[xəwŋ͡m˨˩˦ tɨək̚˦˥]


gà qué

[ɣaː˨˩ kwɛ˧˦]

[ɣaː˦˩ kwɛ˨˩˦]

[ɣaː˨˩ wɛ˦˥]

gà + qué, probably a non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 雞 (“chicken”, SV: kê).

der

SV: <i class="Latn mention" lang="vi">kê</i>

vi-etym-sino

(colloquial) chicken (generally speaking)


gà gô

[ɣaː˨˩ ɣo˧˧]

[ɣaː˦˩ ɣow˧˧]

[ɣaː˨˩ ɣow˧˧]


gà ri

[ɣaː˨˩ zi˧˧]

[ɣaː˦˩ ʐɪj˧˧]

[ɣaː˨˩ ɹɪj˧˧]