mánh

Vietnamese

Etymology

See miếng. Compare cảnh vs. kiểng.

This form is from the undiphthongized variant of root: *-mɛːŋʔ > *mɛːɲᴮ¹ (*-ŋ palatalized after monophthongal front vowels) > mánh, while miếng derived from the diphthongization of *ɛː: *-mɛːŋʔ > miəŋᴮ¹. Compare also Sino-Vietnamese morpheme danh, from *mjɛːŋᴬ > *jɛːŋᴬ¹ > jɛːɲᴬ¹.

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [majŋ̟˧˦]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [mɛɲ˦˧˥]
(Saigon) IPA^(key): [man˦˥]

Noun

mánh • (茗, 萌, 𥯋)

(dialectal, Central Vietnam, only in compounds elsewhere) piece
trick

Derived terms