ngày

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See also: ngay, ngáy, ngậy, ngấy, and ŋay

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Etymology

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From Proto-Vietic *-ŋiː, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *t₂ŋiiʔ (day, sun); cognate with Vietnamese ngày, Khmer ថ្ងៃ (thngay, day), Koho töngai (day), Pacoh ingay (day), Khasi sngi (day), Mon တ္ၚဲ (sun, day).

Noun

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ngày

  1. (Mường Bi) day
  2. (Mường Bi) date
  3. (Mường Bi) daytime

Vietnamese

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Etymology

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From Proto-Vietic *-ŋiː, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *t₂ŋiiʔ (day, sun); cognate with Muong ngày, Khmer ថ្ងៃ (thngay, day), Koho töngai (day), Pacoh ingay (day), Khasi sngi (day), Mon တ္ၚဲ (sun, day).

The Vietnamese words for "day" and "night" (and their cognates) have the same distribution within Vietic: reflexes of *-ŋiː (day) and *teːm (night) are only attested in Thổ, Pong and Viet-Muong, i.e. the "innovative Vietic" group, lacking cognates in the generally more conservative languages.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ngày (, 𣈜, 𣈗)

  1. a day (period of 24 hours; period from midnight to the following midnight; rotational period of a planet; part of a day period which one spends at one's job, school, etc.)
    Synonyms: hôm, bữa
    ngày nghỉa day off
  2. day (period between sunrise and sunset)
    Antonyms: đêm, tối
    ngủ ngày
    to sleep by day
  3. a date (that which specifies the time of writing, inscription etc.; point of time at which a transaction or event takes place)

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Derived terms