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Vietnamese
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
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Particularly: “Seems very much related to Etym 2. The direction of semantical derivation ("custom, habit" > "margin, edge") is weird but plausible, i think.”
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Noun
lề
- margin; edge
- Short for lề đường (“shoulder of road”).
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 例 (SV: lệ).
Noun
lề • (例, 𠅜)
- (obsolete in isolation) custom; habit
Derived terms