lẽ

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Muong[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Vietnamese lẽ.

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Noun[edit]

lẽ

  1. reason; rationale; argument

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References[edit]

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

Vietnamese[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

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.

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Noun[edit]

lẽ (𨤧, , 𠲥)

  1. reason; rationale; argument
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Etymology 2[edit]

Adjective[edit]

lẽ (𥙪, 𥛭)

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