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See also: Appendix:Variations of "lua"
Vietnamese
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- (North Central Vietnam) lả
Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Vietic *-laːs (“fire”), from Proto-Mon-Khmer *slaas ~ *slaʔ (“fire, to burn”). Cognate with Proto-Palaungic *laːs (“to burn”) (whence Riang [Lang] las² ("to scrape, strike a match")) and Proto-Katuic *las (“to trigger; fire shot”) (whence Pacoh layh). Compare also Nghệ An/Hà Tĩnh dialects lả.
Attested in Phật thuyết đại báo phụ mẫu ân trọng kinh (佛說大報父母恩重經) as 阿呂 (MC 'a ljoX) (modern SV: a lã or a lữ).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [lɨə˧˩]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [lɨə˧˨]
- (Saigon) IPA(key): [lɨə˨˩˦]
Audio (Saigon): (file)
Noun
[edit]lửa
- fire (chemical reaction)
(classifier ngọn, đám) lửa • (焒)
See also
[edit]Derived terms
Categories:
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- vi:Alchemy
- vi:Fire