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cành

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Vietnamese

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Etymology

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From Proto-Vietic *t-kɛːŋʔ ~ *t-gɛːŋʔ, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *kaŋ ~ *kaaŋ ~ *kaiŋ() ~ *kiəŋ ~ *kaik; cognate with Arem kɑːŋˀ, Chut [Rục] təkɛːŋ³ and Sedang tơkang.

Pain (2020) thinks that the tonal disharmonies were due to emergence of two Late proto-Vietic sociolects: a lightly sinicised peripheric hinterland sociolect and a heavily sinicised urban sociolect.[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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cành ()

  1. tree branch

Derived terms

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Derived terms

Noun

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cành

  1. (colloquial, Northern Vietnam) one thousand dongs

See also

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  • xị (ten thousand or one hundred thousand dongs);
  • lít (one hundred thousand or one million dongs)
  • chai; củ (one million dongs)

References

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