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lưỡi

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See also: lưới and lười

Vietnamese

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Alternative forms

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  • (North Central Vietnam) lãi (no diphthongization, dialects without ngã-nặng merger)
  • (North Central Vietnam) lại (no diphthongization, dialects with ngã-nặng merger)
  • (North Central Vietnam) lãn (no diphthongization, dialects without ngã-nặng merger, *-lʰ shifted to -nC)

Etymology

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From Proto-Vietic *laːs. Cognate with Muong Bi lãi. Compare also Pacoh leah (to lick).

The Northern Middle Vietnamese forms lưởi, lưỡi are attested in the Dictionarium Annamiticum Lusitanum et Latinum (1651).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(classifier cái) lưỡi (, 𥚇, 󰟴, 𦧜)

  1. (anatomy) a tongue
  2. (of a knife, sword, etc.) a blade
  3. (of a knife, sword, etc.) a cutting edge
    con dao hai lưỡia double-edged knife / a thing that has both useful and harmful effects

See also

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Derived terms