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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.”

Noun

lề

  1. margin; edge
  2. short for lề đường (“shoulder of road”)
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 例 (SV: lệ).

Noun

lề • (例, 𠅜)

  1. (obsolete in isolation) custom; habit
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