phân bua

Vietnamese

Etymology

The Northern Middle Vietnamese form phân ꞗua (“to the king”) is attested in Dictionarium Annamiticum Lusitanum et Latinum; this form would regularly yield *phân vua in the modern Northern dialects. The modern form with unlenited bua thus indicates that this form spread from a Central dialect without lenition and displaced the regular reflex in the mainstream dialects.

Equivalent to phân (“to distribute”) +‎ vua (“king”).

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [fən˧˧ ʔɓuə˧˧]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [fəŋ˧˧ ʔɓuə˧˧]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [fəŋ˧˧ ʔɓuə˧˧]
  • Audio (Hà Nội):(file)

Verb

phân bua

  1. to explain
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