sẻ

See also: Appendix:Variations of "se"

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [sɛ˧˩]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ʂɛ˧˨] ~ [sɛ˧˨]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʂɛ˨˩˦] ~ [sɛ˨˩˦]

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Vietic *k-rɛh. Cognate with Muong khé, Tho [Cuối Chăm] kʰrɛː⁵.

The formal name (tên chữ) of Khả Lễ village (可禮 (MC khaX lejX))[1] in Bắc Ninh, whose demotic name (tên Nôm) is Sẻ,[2] attests to the existence of onset cluster *k-r- in Northern Old Vietnamese.

Noun

(classifier con) sẻ • (仕, 𲍚, 󱺈, 𪀆) (phonemic reduplicative se sẻ)

  1. sparrow
    Synonyms: chim sẻ, chim se sẻ

Etymology 2

Cognate with Muong khé.

Verb

sẻ • (仕, 𢫟, 𢲮, 𢩿)

  1. to divide, to share
Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Trần Nghĩa, editor (2002), Di sản Hán nôm Việt Nam: Thần sǎ́c, Thần tích, Tục lệ [The legacy of Vietnam's Hán-Nôm scripts: Theogony and customs] (in Vietnamese), Hanoi: Social Sciences Publishing House, page 368
  2. ^ Vân Giang (1 April 2025) “Hội làng Khả Lễ [Khả Lễ village feast]”, in Bắc Ninh Online‎[1] (in Vietnamese)
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