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lẽ

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Muong

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Vietnamese lẽ.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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lẽ

  1. reason; rationale; argument

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References

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  • Nguyễn Văn Khang, Bùi Chỉ, Hoàng Văn Hành (2002) Từ điển Mường - Việt (Muong - Vietnamese dictionary)[1], Nhà xuất bản Văn hoá Dân tộc Hà Nội

Vietnamese

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese (reason, SV: ).

Based on Middle Vietnamese mlẽ, this word was borrowed from a Sinitic form predated Middle Chinese that preserved complex onset.

Alternative forms

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Noun

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lẽ (𨤧, , 𠲥)

  1. reason; rationale; argument
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Etymology 2

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Adjective

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lẽ (𥙪, 𥛭)

  1. Short for vợ lẽ (second wife; concubine).
    làm lẽto be a concubine
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