ꞗợ
Middle Vietnamese
Etymology
Either from Proto-Vietic *-bəːʔ, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *(ʔ)boʔ (“mother”), or from Old Chinese 婦 (OC *bɯʔ).
Pronunciation
- (Đông Kinh) IPA(key): [βəː˧˨ʔ]
Noun
ꞗợ (𡞕, 𡢼)
- wife
- married woman
Descendants
- Vietnamese: vợ
References
- De Rhodes, Alexandre (1651), “ꞗợ”, Dictionarium Annamiticum Lusitanum et Latinum.