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Muong
Etymology
Borrowed from Vietnamese lẽ.
Pronunciation
Noun
lẽ
- reason; rationale; argument
Derived terms
References
- Nguyễn Văn Khang, Bùi Chỉ, Hoàng Văn Hành (2002) Từ điển Mường - Việt (Muong - Vietnamese dictionary), Nhà xuất bản Văn hoá Dân tộc Hà Nội
Vietnamese
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 理 (“reason”, SV: lí).
Based on Middle Vietnamese mlẽ, this word was borrowed from a Sinitic form predated Middle Chinese that preserved complex onset.
Alternative forms
Noun
lẽ • (𨤧, 理, 𠲥)
- reason; rationale; argument
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Adjective
lẽ • (𥙪, 𥛭)
- Short for vợ lẽ (“second wife; concubine”).
- làm lẽ ― to be a concubine
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