Talk:người
Latest comment: 1 year ago by PhanAnh123 in topic Word family
Word family[edit]
This "word family" consisting of người (“human being, person”), ngươi (“pupil”), ngươi (“you (derogatory)”), ngài (“you (honorific)”) was surprisingly already mentioned in an article by Phan Khôi from 1936:
- 1936, Phan Khôi, “Những chữ có họ với nhau”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name):
- 3/ Chữ người là con người ta, sanh ra: 1. ngươi, con ngươi ta thấy trong con mắt; 2. ngươi, đại danh từ dùng để kêu con người mà địa vị thấp kém hơn mình; 3. ngài, đại danh từ dùng để kêu con người mà địa vị cao hơn mình.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Now Phan Khôi himself was no linguist and I don't think he had any training in etymology at all and his other attempts at word-linking in the same article are very much hit-or-miss with more misses than hits, but I still think it's interesting that nearly 90 years ago someone already spotted this set. PhanAnh123 (talk) 08:50, 24 May 2022 (UTC)