loan truyền

Vietnamese

Etymology

Alternative form of lan truyền obtained through regressive assimilation /-Vn -wVn/ > /-wVn -wVn/.

Note that the homophonous element in loan báo and loan tin (which is from a form of  / ) is likely unrelated, although there may have been contamination.

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [lwaːn˧˧ t͡ɕwiən˨˩]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [lwaːŋ˧˧ ʈwiəŋ˦˩]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [l⁽ʷ⁾aːŋ˧˧ ʈ⁽ʷ⁾iəŋ˨˩]

Verb

loan truyền

  1. alternative form of lan truyền (to spread)