vẹn
Vietnamese edit
Etymology edit
Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 完 (“complete”, SV: hoàn).
Its ancestor, either 完 (OC *[ɢ]ˤo[n]) (B-S) or 完 (LHC *ɣuɑn) (Schuessler, 2009), would have regularly yielded **vèn; its attested nặng-tone resulted from either an irregular sound change, borrowing from a regional Chinese dialect (see tạnh), or indirect borrowing (see tiếng).
Pronunciation edit
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [vɛn˧˨ʔ]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [vɛŋ˨˩ʔ]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [vɛŋ˨˩˨] ~ [jɛŋ˨˩˨]
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