đến

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Vietnamese

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Etymology

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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), (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

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Verb

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đến (, , , , 𦥃, 𦤾, 𦥃, 𨀏)

  1. to arrive, to come
    Synonym: tới

Preposition

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đến (, , , , 𦤾, 𦥃, 𨀏)

  1. to
    Synonym: tới
    đi đếnto go to

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See also

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