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Vietnamese
Alternative forms
- (North Central Vietnam) lãi (no diphthongization, dialects without ngã-nặng merger)
- (North Central Vietnam) lại (no diphthongization, dialects with ngã-nặng merger)
- (North Central Vietnam) lãn (no diphthongization, dialects without ngã-nặng merger, *-lʰ shifted to -nC)
Etymology
From Proto-Vietic *laːs. Cognate with Muong Bi lãi. Compare also Pacoh leah (“to lick”).
The Northern Middle Vietnamese forms lưởi, lưỡi are attested in the Dictionarium Annamiticum Lusitanum et Latinum (1651).
Pronunciation
Noun
(classifier cái) lưỡi • (礼, 𥚇, , 𦧜)
- (anatomy) a tongue
- (of a knife, sword, etc.) a blade
- (of a knife, sword, etc.) a cutting edge
- con dao hai lưỡi ― a double-edged knife / a thing that has both useful and harmful effects
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