giặt gỵa

== Vietnamese == === Alternative forms === giặt gịa giặt gyạ (archaic) === Etymology === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) === Pronunciation === (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [zat̚˧˨ʔ ziə˧˨ʔ] (Huế) IPA(key): [jak̚˨˩ʔ jiə˨˩ʔ] (Saigon) IPA(key): [jak̚˨˩˨ jiə˨˩˨] Phonetic spelling: giặt giịa === Verb === giặt gỵa to do the laundry 1962, Võ Phiến, "Lại thư nhà" in Tùy bút (1986), vol. 1, Văn Nghệ Publishing House, page 86: ==== Usage notes ==== Gỵa, pronounced dịa, is the only remaining instance of "gy-" in modern Vietnamese and one of only a few words ending in "-ya" (another being khuya). Some writers instead use the less exotic spelling gịa, which is not to be confused with giạ (“grain measure; about 40 liters or 30 kilograms of rice”) or dạ (“yes”). ==== References ==== Nguyễn Dư (2009), “Trên dưới, ngắn dài ra sao? [Up or down, short or long?]”, in Chim Việt Cành Nam‎[3] (in Vietnamese)