Vietnamese edit

Etymology edit

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 詞彙 (SV: từ vị). The character (vị) was confused with the character (vận), and the character (vận) then became "vựng" through the coda and vowel shift (-n > -ŋ characteristic of Southern Vietnamese).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

từ vựng

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