ở
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Vietnamese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Vietic *ʔəh (“to stay”); cognate with Muong ớ.
Most prepositions in Vietnamese were originally verbs: cho (“to give; for”), đến (“to come; to”), tới (“to arrive; to”), lên (“to go up; onto”), vào (“to enter; in, into”), theo (“to follow; according to”), về (“to return; about”).
Similarity to Chinese 於 / 于 is coincidental, as semantically the Vietnamese word is a grammaticalized verbal and phonetically there is a tonal mismatch.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔəː˧˩]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔəː˧˨]
- (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʔəː˨˩˦]
Audio (Hà Nội): (file) Audio (Saigon): (file)
Preposition
[edit]ở
Derived terms
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See also
[edit]Verb
[edit]Derived terms
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Letter
[edit]ở (upper case Ở)