đướn

Vietnamese

Etymology

Cognate with mainstream Vietnamese dưới; inherited from an unattested Central Old Vietnamese form different from the Northern Old Vietnamese attested in early Nôm texts.

This form appears to be distributed in Thanh Hoá, where *-l > /n/ was a common sound change.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɗɨən˧˦]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɗɨəŋ˦˧˥]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ʔɗɨəŋ˦˥]

Preposition

đướn

1. North Central Vietnam form of dưới (“under, below”)