"ngái" meaning in Vietnamese

See ngái in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: [ŋaːj˧˦] [Hà-Nội], [ŋaːj˨˩˦] [Huế], [ŋaːj˦˥] (note: Saigon) Forms: [CJK]
Etymology: Inherited from Proto-Vietic *s-ŋaːjʔ, from Proto-Austroasiatic *cŋaːjʔ (“distant”). Cognate with Chut [Rục] ciŋaːj³, Thavung səŋə̀aj⁴, Khmer ឆ្ងាយ (chngaay) and Halang hơ'ngai. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|vi|mkh-vie-pro|*s-ŋaːjʔ|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Proto-Vietic *s-ŋaːjʔ, {{inh+|vi|mkh-vie-pro|*s-ŋaːjʔ}} Inherited from Proto-Vietic *s-ŋaːjʔ, {{inh|vi|aav-pro|*cŋaːjʔ||distant}} Proto-Austroasiatic *cŋaːjʔ (“distant”), {{cog|scb|-}} Chut, {{cog|thm|-}} Thavung, {{cog|km|ឆ្ងាយ}} Khmer ឆ្ងាយ (chngaay), {{cog|hal|hơ'ngai}} Halang hơ'ngai Head templates: {{head|vi|adjective|||||||head=|tr=謁}} ngái • (謁), {{vi-adj|謁}} ngái • (謁)
  1. (North Central Vietnam, archaic in other dialects) far Tags: Central, North, Vietnam, archaic, dialectal Synonyms: xa
    Sense id: en-ngái-vi-adj-US7qRs6z Categories (other): Central Vietnamese
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Adjective

IPA: [ŋaːj˧˦] [Hà-Nội], [ŋaːj˨˩˦] [Huế], [ŋaːj˦˥] (note: Saigon) Forms: ngai ngái [diminutive, reduplication]
Head templates: {{head|vi|adjective|diminutive reduplication|ngai ngái|||||head=|tr=}} ngái (diminutive reduplication ngai ngái), {{vi-adj|rdp=y}} ngái (diminutive reduplication ngai ngái)
  1. having an unpleasant smell
    Sense id: en-ngái-vi-adj-gDRmsL6o Categories (other): Vietnamese nouns classified by cây Disambiguation of Vietnamese nouns classified by cây: 6 49 45
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

IPA: [ŋaːj˧˦] [Hà-Nội], [ŋaːj˨˩˦] [Huế], [ŋaːj˦˥] (note: Saigon) Forms: cây [classifier], 𣝅 [CJK]
Head templates: {{head|vi|noun|||head=|tr=𣝅}} ngái • (𣝅), {{vi-noun|𣝅|cls=cây}} (classifier cây) ngái • (𣝅)
  1. Ficus hispida
    Sense id: en-ngái-vi-noun-TqfCmAKR Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Vietnamese entries with incorrect language header, Vietnamese nouns classified by cây, Fig trees Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 0 12 88 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 0 9 91 Disambiguation of Vietnamese entries with incorrect language header: 3 15 82 Disambiguation of Vietnamese nouns classified by cây: 6 49 45 Disambiguation of Fig trees: 0 7 93
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3
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      "ipa": "[ŋaːj˦˥]",
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      "ipa": "[ŋaːj˦˥]",
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        "Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)"
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