lẽ

See also: Appendix:Variations of "le"

Muong

Etymology

Borrowed from Vietnamese lẽ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lɛ⁴/

Noun

lẽ

  1. reason; rationale; argument

Derived terms

References

  • Nguyễn Văn Khang, Bùi Chỉ, Hoàng Văn Hành (2002) Từ điển Mường - Việt (Muong - Vietnamese dictionary)[1], Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Văn hoá Dân tộc Hà Nội.

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [lɛ˦ˀ˥]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [lɛ˧˨]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [lɛ˨˩˦]
  • Audio (Hà Nội):(file)

Etymology 1

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese (reason, SV: ).

From Middle Vietnamese mlẽ, which was borrowed from a Sinitic form predating Middle Chinese and preserving the complex onset.

Alternative forms

Noun

lẽ • (𨤧, , 𠲥)

  1. reason; rationale; argument
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Adjective

lẽ • (𥙪, 𥛭)

  1. short for vợ lẽ (second wife; concubine)
    làm lẽto be a concubine
Coordinate terms
  • vợ cả
Derived terms
  • làm lẽ
  • lẽ mọn