Vietnamese
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Etymology
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From nguồn + cơn.
Pronunciation
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nguồn cơn
- (of a phenomenon or an event) the reason why
18th century, Nguyễn Gia Thiều (阮嘉韶) (1741-1798), Cung oán ngâm khúc (宮怨吟曲), Phú Văn đường tàng (富文堂藏), printed in 1866 edition:縁㐌枚據牢吏(⿰糸𥐧)
擬源干𱠎𢷮牢當- Duyên đã may, cớ sao lại rủi,
Nghĩ nguồn cơn, dở dói sao đang. - My fate was lucky, yet it also was not,
Thinking about the reason why, it just spelt "middle of the road".
1909, Nguyễn Liên Phong, “Bến-Tre”, in Nam Kỳ phong tục nhơn vật diễn ca:Tiếng đồn một sở Cái-mơn, Nhà-thờ nhà-phước nguồn cơn phú cường.- Word has it that in the parish of Cái-mơn, the church and the monastery there are the reasons for their wealth.