Vietnamese
Etymology
From Middle Vietnamese sao᷃ le, or song + le.
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [sawŋ͡m˧˧ lɛ˧˧]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [ʂawŋ͡m˧˧ lɛ˧˧] ~ [sɔŋ˧˧ lɛ˧˧]
- (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʂawŋ͡m˧˧ lɛ˧˧] ~ [sawŋ͡m˧˧ lɛ˧˧]
Conjunction
song le
- (archaic, literary) but; yet; however