trỗi

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Vietnamese

Etymology

Attested in Phật thuyết đại báo phụ mẫu ân trọng kinh (佛說大報父母恩重經) as 󱯤, composed of (MC 'a) + (MC lwojX) (modern SV: a lỗi).

In spite of similarity, likely not related to trội (superior; dominant).

Pronunciation

Verb

trỗi (󱯤, )

  1. to rise; to raise one's body up
  2. (obsolete) to grow; to sprout
    • 15th century, Nguyễn Trãi, “梅詩 Mai thi”, in Quốc âm thi tập (國音詩集):
      𡧲務冬式春
      南枝𦬑極清新
      Giữa mùa đông trỗi thức xuân,
      Nam chi nở cực thanh tân.
      Winter time, the sign of spring appears
      The branch of the South is blossoming in its most pure and fresh state.

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