tấy

Vietnamese

Etymology

See rái.

In spite of a phonological discrepancy, rái and tấy are both regular reflexes of the Proto-Vietic word in terms of dialectal development, wih most Vietnamese dialects spirantized medial *-s- to ‹r› while the North Central dialects kept the *-s- (that later regularly shifted to ‹t›) unaffected by the presyllable *p-. For the ‹ay›-‹ây› (< *eː) correspondence, compare North Central gấy vs. standard written gái, trấy vs. trái, cây vs. gai.

Pronunciation

• (Vinh) IPA^(key): [təj˩]

Noun

(classifier con) tấy

1. North Central Vietnam form of rái (“otter”)