gả

Vietnamese

Etymology

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 嫁 (SV: giá).

Pronunciation

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

Verb

gả

to give (one's daughter) in marriage; to marry off one's daughter
dựng vợ gả chồng
to get one's children married
(literally, “to find [one's son] a wife and [one's daughter] a husband”)

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