mai một

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 埋沒 (“to bury, to stifle, to suppress”).

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [maːj˧˧ mot̚˧˨ʔ]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [maːj˧˧ mok̚˨˩ʔ]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [maːj˧˧ mok̚˨˩˨]

Verb

(literary) to decline, to lose its own prestige
sự mai một ngôn ngữ thiểu số ― the decline of minority languages

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