lãi

See also: Appendix:Variations of "lai"

Muong

Etymology

From Proto-Vietic *laːs. Cognate with Vietnamese lưỡi. Compare also Pacoh leah (“to lick”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /laːj⁴/

Noun

lãi

(Mường Bi) tongue

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [laːj˦ˀ˥]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [laːj˧˨]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [laːj˨˩˦]

Etymology 1

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 利 (“interest”, SV: lợi).

Noun

lãi • (𥚥)

(finance) interest

Derived terms

Derived terms

Noun

(classifier con) lãi • (𧕬)

parasitic worms

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