bèo
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Vietnamese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Norman & Mei (1976) proposes a native Austroasiatic origin and compares it to Mon ဗေဝ် (“to ride low in the water”) (< Proto-Mon-Khmer *ber (“to float”)); they also consider Chinese 薸 (OC *bew) to be a loanword from Austroasiatic.
However, Liu (1999) proposes a possible relation of 薸 (OC *bew) to 漂 (OC *pʰew, “to float; to drift”), and Sagart (2008) counts 薸 (OC *bew) among "either East Asian areal words if not Chinese words in disguise"; so the loan direction might have been in reverse, i.e. from Old Chinese.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
(classifier cây, lá, miếng) bèo
Derived terms[edit]
Derived terms
Adjective[edit]
bèo
See also[edit]
Derived terms
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