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Middle Vietnamese
Etymology
Attested in the Dictionarium Annamiticum Lusitanum et Latinum (1651), a dictionary based chiefly on the Northern dialects.
The Middle Vietnamese form ancestral to the modern Central-Southern Vietnamese form, although technically not explicitly attested, should be phonologically identical to the Northern Middle Vietnamese form here. The modern Central-Southern form is listed as "descendant" in this entry for convenience.
Pronunciation
Verb
blở
- to turn, to change
Descendants
- Northern Vietnamese:
- Inland Northern Vietnamese: giở
→ Coastal Northern Vietnamese: giở
→ Central Vietnamese: giở
→ Southern Vietnamese: giở
- Coastal Northern Vietnamese: lở
→ Inland Northern Vietnamese: lở
→ Central Vietnamese: lở
→ Southern Vietnamese: lở
- Central Vietnamese: trở
- Southern Vietnamese: trở
→ Northern Vietnamese: trở