lẽ

See also: Appendix:Variations of "le"

Muong

Etymology

Borrowed from Vietnamese lẽ.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /lɛ⁴/

Noun

lẽ

  1. reason; rationale; argument

Derived terms

References
  • 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

Pronunciation
  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [lɛ˦ˀ˥]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [lɛ˧˨]
  • (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [lɛ˨˩˦]
  • Audio (Hà Nội)(file)

Etymology 1

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 理 (“reason”, SV: lí).

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

Alternative forms

Noun

lẽ • (𨤧, 理, 𠲥)

  1. reason; rationale; argument
Derived terms
Derived terms

Adjective

lẽ • (𥙪, 𥛭)

  1. Short for vợ lẽ (“second wife; concubine”).
    làm lẽ ― to be a concubine
Coordinate terms
  • vợ cả
Derived terms
Derived terms
  • làm lẽ
  • lẽ mọn
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