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Vietnamese
Etymology
From Proto-Vietic *ʔəh (“to stay”); cognate with Muong ớ.
Most prepositions in Vietnamese were originally verbs: cho (“to give; for”), đến (“to come; to”), tới (“to arrive; to”), lên (“to go up; onto”), vào (“to enter; in, into”), theo (“to follow; according to”), về (“to return; about”).
Similarity to Chinese 於／于 is coincidental, as semantically the Vietnamese word is a grammaticalized verbal and phonetically there is a tonal mismatch.
Pronunciation
Preposition
ở
- at, in
Derived terms
See also
Verb
ở • (於, 𣄒, 𫵦)
- to be, to live, to stay, to remain
Derived terms
Letter
ở (upper case Ở)
- The letter ơ in hỏi tone.