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Vietnamese
Etymology
See miếng. Compare cảnh vs. kiểng.
This form is from the undiphthongized variant of root: *-mɛːŋʔ > *mɛːɲᴮ¹ (*-ŋ palatalized after monophthongal front vowels) > mánh, while miếng derived from the diphthongization of *ɛː: *-mɛːŋʔ > miəŋᴮ¹. Compare also Sino-Vietnamese morpheme danh, from *mjɛːŋᴬ > *jɛːŋᴬ¹ > jɛːɲᴬ¹.
Pronunciation
Noun
mánh • (茗, 萌, 𥯋)
- (dialectal, Central Vietnam, only in compounds elsewhere) piece
- trick
Derived terms