mlẽ
Middle Vietnamese
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- (Northern Vietnamese) mnhẽ
Etymology
[edit]From Old Chinese 理 (OC *m(ə).rəʔ) (B-S).
Attested in the Dictionarium Annamiticum Lusitanum et Latinum (1651), a dictionary based chiefly on the Northern dialects.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Đông Kinh) [mlɛC2]
Noun
[edit]mlẽ
Descendants
[edit]- Northern Vietnamese: nhẽ (from the form with nasal assimilation)
- Central-Southern Vietnamese: lẽ (inherited reflex in Central and Southern dialects, modern Northern usage much influenced by the usage in Central-Southern dialects)
References
[edit]- Alexandre de Rhodes (1651) “mlẽ”, in Dictionarium Annamiticum Lusitanum et Latinum (in Middle Vietnamese, Latin, and Portuguese), Rome: Propaganda Fide