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Vietnamese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Cognate with Muong tểnh, tiểnh, Tho [Cuối Chăm] teːŋ³ and Kri têêngq ("to arrive"). Compare Proto-Tai *C̬.tɤŋᴬ (whence Thai ถึง (tʉ̌ng)), Lakkia taŋ²³¹, Maonan taŋ¹, and Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dateŋ (whence Malay datang, Tagalog dating).
Most prepositions in Vietnamese were originally verbs: cho (“to give; for”), ở (“to stay; at, in”), tới (“to arrive; to”), lên (“to go up; onto”), vào (“to enter; in, into”), theo (“to follow; according to”), về (“to return; about”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɗen˧˦]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɗen˦˧˥]
- (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʔɗəːn˦˥]
Audio (Hà Nội): (file)
Verb
[edit]đến • (典, 旦, 但, 倎, 𦥃, 𦤾, 𦥃, 𨀏)
Preposition
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See also
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