lãi

See also: Appendix:Variations of "lai"

Muong

Etymology

From Proto-Vietic *laːs. Cognate with Vietnamese lưỡi. Compare also Pacoh leah (“to lick”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /laːj⁴/

Noun

lãi

1. (Mường Bi) tongue

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [laːj˦ˀ˥]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [laːj˧˨]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [laːj˨˩˦]

Etymology 1

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 利 (“interest”, SV: lợi).

Noun

lãi • (𥚥)

1. (finance) interest

Derived terms

• lãi suất
• lời lãi

Etymology 2

Noun

(classifier con) lãi • (𧕬)

1. parasitic worms