phân bua
Vietnamese edit
Etymology edit
The Northern Middle Vietnamese form phân ꞗua (“to the king”) is attested in Dictionarium Annamiticum Lusitanum et Latinum; this form would regularly yield *phân vua in the modern Northern dialects. The modern form with unlenited bua thus indicates that this form spread from a Central dialect without lenition and displaced the regular reflex in the mainstream dialects.
Equivalent to phân (“to distribute”) + vua (“king”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [fən˧˧ ʔɓuə˧˧]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [fəŋ˧˧ ʔɓuə˧˧]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [fəŋ˧˧ ʔɓuə˧˧]
Audio (Hà Nội) (file)
Verb edit
phân bua
- to explain