cầy

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [kəj˨˩]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [kəj˦˩]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [kəj˨˩]

From Proto-Mon-Khmer *cgəj. Cognate with Khmer ឆ្កែ (chkae, “dog”), Bahnar sơke (“wild boar”) and Ngeq cakɛː ("dog").

Khasi skei (“Indian muntjac, barking deer”) might be a loanword from a Sino-Tibetan language, cf. Burmese ချေ (hkye, “barking deer”), S'gaw Karen တခံ (takhee, “deer”), Jingpho chäkhji (“barking deer”), and is not directly related to the other Austroasiatic items.

(classifier con) cầy • (猉)

1. civet; viverrid (family Viverridae)
2. Short for thịt cầy (“dog meat”).

   giả cầy ― imitation dog meat

• triết; chồn

Probably from the etymology above, compare Malay pauh kijang (literally “muntjac's mango”).

(classifier cây) cầy • (猉)

1. Irvingia malayana

   Synonym: kơ nia

• đèn cầy

cầy • (𦓿)

1. (dialectal) Alternative form of cày (“plough”)