Vietnamese

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Vietnamese cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : bốn
    Ordinal : thứ tư

Etymology

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From Proto-Vietic *poːnʔ, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *punʔ ~ *puən() ~ *pan(); cognate with Muong pổn, Khmer បួន (buən), Bahnar puăn, Pacoh poan, Mang puːn², Mon ပန်, Central Nicobarese [Nancowry] fōan, Santali ᱯᱳᱱ/ᱯᱩᱱ (pon/pun).

Pronunciation

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Numeral

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bốn (, 𦊚, )

  1. four

Usage notes

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  • Unlike other cardinal numbers, the ordinal phrasal expression for bốn is generally not *thứ bốn, but thứ tư (fourth).

See also

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