cái

Etymology 1
Compare 🇨🇬.

Verb

 * 1) to place something to cross over a vertical or horizontal gap
 * 2) to rest on
 * 1) to rest on
 * 1) to rest on
 * 1) to rest on

Etymology 1
Cognate with 🇨🇬 Bi, 🇨🇬 [Cuối Chăm] keː³, 🇨🇬 [Mày] kɛ⁴ (Babaev & Samarina, 2018), 🇨🇬 [Rục] kɛ⁴ (Nguyễn Văn Lợi, 1993).

Often linked with (for example, in Alves (2007)); however, as seen with the cognates in the more conservative languages, the earlier vowel can be ascertained to be a monophthongal non-low front vowel, which makes connection with the Chinese term very much doubtful, although semantic influence is still possible.

In Middle Vietnamese, this classifier is also attested to be used for certain animals (e.g. cái, cái ). However, in Modern Vietnamese, this function has been completely taken over by the general animate classifier. Although sometimes characterized as historically being used for animals that are on the smaller size, plenty of small animals took con instead.

In Muong dialects, this usage can also be seen. For example, 🇨🇬 Bi has,.

Classifier

 * 1) * Lý hạng ca dao 里巷歌謠 (Folk-ballads from the hamlets and alleys), folio 36a
 * 1) * Lý hạng ca dao 里巷歌謠 (Folk-ballads from the hamlets and alleys), folio 36a
 * 1) * Lý hạng ca dao 里巷歌謠 (Folk-ballads from the hamlets and alleys), folio 36a
 * 1) * Lý hạng ca dao 里巷歌謠 (Folk-ballads from the hamlets and alleys), folio 36a

Noun

 * 1)  a thing; a whatsit
 * 2) the solid bits of a broth
 * 1) the solid bits of a broth
 * 1) the solid bits of a broth
 * 1) the solid bits of a broth
 * 1) the solid bits of a broth

Etymology 2
From. Compare.

Attested in the title of, (SV: ), with the first two characters rendering words ancestral to modern  and cái ("great, main"), equivalent to the Chinese  next to it, i.e. the title is the phrase "great king/monarch" written in two languages.

Noun

 * 1)  mother

Adjective

 * 1)  female
 * 2)  big, large, main
 * 1)  big, large, main
 * 1)  big, large, main

Prefix

 * Cái Bống là cái bống bang
 * Khéo sảy khéo sàng cho mẹ nấu cơm
 * Mẹ Bống đi chợ đường trơn
 * Bống ra gánh đỡ chạy cơn mưa ròng.
 * Oh, Little, Little Goby
 * Sieves the rice so skillfully, so that Mommy can cook it.
 * Goby's Mommy has returned from the market on a slippy road
 * Goby goes help her carry the pole, to get away from the heavy rain.
 * Goby goes help her carry the pole, to get away from the heavy rain.