blở

Middle Vietnamese

Etymology

Attested in the Dictionarium Annamiticum Lusitanum et Latinum (1651), a dictionary based chiefly on the Northern dialects.

The Middle Vietnamese form ancestral to the modern Central-Southern Vietnamese form, although technically not explicitly attested, should be phonologically identical to the Northern Middle Vietnamese form here. The modern Central-Southern form is listed as "descendant" in this entry for convenience.

Pronunciation

• (Đông Kinh) [ɓləː^C1]

Verb

blở

1. to turn, to change

Descendants

• Northern Vietnamese:
  • Inland Northern Vietnamese: giở

    → Coastal Northern Vietnamese: giở

    → Central Vietnamese: giở

    → Southern Vietnamese: giở

  • Coastal Northern Vietnamese: lở

    → Inland Northern Vietnamese: lở

    → Central Vietnamese: lở

    → Southern Vietnamese: lở

• Central Vietnamese: trở
• Southern Vietnamese: trở

  → Northern Vietnamese: trở