mánh lới
Vietnamese edit
Etymology edit
mánh (“trick”) + lới, the second element is a fossilized morpheme.
It might be the same element seen in ngãi lới, which is an obsolete reading of Chinese 理 (MC liX).
Pronunciation edit
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [majŋ̟˧˦ ləːj˧˦]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [mɛɲ˦˧˥ ləːj˨˩˦]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [man˦˥ ləːj˦˥]