Vietnamese

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Etymology

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Particularly: “Nôm character are not very indicative of whether the ‹r-› was inherited (i.e. it's from *r) or is the result of spirantization (< medial *-s-). The phonologically shape (‹-ao› + a C tone) is not very common for native words, so this is more likely a loanword.”

Pronunciation

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Verb

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rảo (𨀼, 𨁭, , 𬦶)

  1. (somewhat literary) to walk quickly; to hasten one's steps