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Tày
Etymology
From Proto-Tai *ɓilᴬ (“to fly”). Cognate with Lao ບິນ (bin), Northern Thai ᨷᩥ᩠ᨶ, Lü ᦢᦲᧃ (ḃiin), Shan မိၼ် (mǐn) or ဝိၼ် (wǐn), Tai Dam ꪚꪲꪙ, Ahom 𑜉𑜢𑜃𑜫 (min), 𑜉𑜢𑜐𑜫 (miñ) or 𑜈𑜢𑜃𑜫 (bin), Thai บิน (bin), Zhuang mbin. Compare Proto-Be *vinᴬ¹.
Pronunciation
Verb
bên (𫗌)
- to fly
Nộc bên khảu đông.- The bird flies to the forest.
Lồm bên bâư slửa.- The wind blows the shirt away.
Derived terms
References
- Lương Bèn (2011) Từ điển Tày-Việt [Tay-Vietnamese dictionary] (in Vietnamese), Thái Nguyên: Nhà Xuất bản Đại học Thái Nguyên
- Lục Văn Pảo, Hoàng Tuấn Nam (2003) Hoàng Triều Ân, editor, Từ điển chữ Nôm Tày [A Dictionary of (chữ) Nôm Tày] (in Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Khoa học Xã hội
Vietnamese
Etymology
Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 邊 (“side, edge”, SV: biên).
Pronunciation
Noun
bên
- side
- edge
- face
Preposition
bên
- by; beside
- bên con nước ― beside the stream
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