ánh
Vietnamese
Etymology
Sino-Vietnamese word from 映[1]. Shorto proposed an alternative etymology from Proto-Mon-Khmer *cʔaiŋ (“to shine”), and hypothesized that sharp tone arose from initial consonant cluster[2]; still, Alves considered Shorto's hypothesis moot.
Pronunciation
Noun
ánh
- (only in compounds) light radiated from or reflected off something
- ánh sáng
- light
- ánh nắng
- sunlight
- ánh đèn
- light from a bulb or lamp
- ánh lửa
- light from a flame, especially that of a campfire
- ánh hoàng hôn/chiều tà
- sunlight at dusk
- ánh sao (đêm)
- starlight
- ánh kim
- metallic shininess
Verb
ánh
- to be reflective of light
- (figurative) đôi mắt ánh lên niềm tin
- those eyes that shine faith
See also
References
- ^ Alves, Mark J. (2018). Notes on Chinese words in Shorto's Proto-Austroasiatic reconstruction, Journal of the Southeast Asian Linguistics Society, JSEALS Vol. 11.2 (2018): lxxvi- xcvii, ISSN: 1836-6821, DOI: http://hdl.handle.net/10524/52434, University of Hawaiʼi Press
- ^ Shorto, H. A Mon-Khmer Comparative Dictionary, Ed. Paul Sidwell, 2006. Entry #489. p. 175
Further reading
- Michel Ferlus. The origin of tones in Viet-Muong. Somsonge Burusphat. Papers from the Eleventh Annual Conference of the Southeast Asian Linguistics Society 2001, Arizona State University Programme for Southeast Asian Studies Monograph Series Press (Tempe, Arizona), pp.297-313, 2004.<halshs-00927222v2>