lưỡi

See also: lưới and lười

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

(North Central Vietnam) lãi (no diphthongization, dialects without ngã-nặng merger)
(North Central Vietnam) lại (no diphthongization, dialects with ngã-nặng merger)
(North Central Vietnam) lãn (no diphthongization, dialects without ngã-nặng merger, *-lʰ shifted to -nC)

Etymology

From Proto-Vietic *laːs. Cognate with Muong Bi lãi. Compare also Pacoh leah (“to lick”).

The Northern Middle Vietnamese forms lưởi, lưỡi are attested in the Dictionarium Annamiticum Lusitanum et Latinum (1651).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

(classifier cái) lưỡi • (礼, 𥚇, 󰟴, 𦧜)

(anatomy) a tongue
(of a knife, sword, etc.) a blade
(of a knife, sword, etc.) a cutting edge
con dao hai lưỡi ― a double-edged knife / a thing that has both useful and harmful effects

See also

Derived terms

lẹo lưỡi
lưỡi cày
lưỡi gà
lưỡi hái
lưỡi lê
lưỡi liềm
lưỡi trai
miệng lưỡi

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