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)‎[1], Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Văn hoá Dân tộc Hà Nội.

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [lɛ˦ˀ˥]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [lɛ˧˨]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [lɛ˨˩˦]
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Etymology 1

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

    From Middle Vietnamese mlẽ, which was borrowed from a Sinitic form predating Middle Chinese and preserving the complex onset.

    Alternative forms

    Noun

    lẽ • (𨤧, 理, 𠲥)

    1. reason; rationale; argument
    Derived terms

    Etymology 2

    Adjective

    lẽ • (𥙪, 𥛭)

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