lưỡi

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See also: lưới, and lười

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).

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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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