mánh lới
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Vietnamese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]mánh (“trick”) + lới, the second element is a fossilized morpheme.
It might be the same element seen in ngãi lới, which is an obsolete reading of Chinese 理 (MC liX).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [majŋ̟˧˦ ləːj˧˦]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [mɛɲ˦˧˥ ləːj˨˩˦]
- (Saigon) IPA(key): [man˦˥ ləːj˦˥]