dĕa
Middle Vietnamese
Etymology 1
Attested in the Dictionarium Annamiticum Lusitanum et Latinum (1651), a dictionary based chiefly on the Northern dialects. As with other words with this initial, the Northern dialects depalatalized this initial ([ðj- > ð- > z-] in the modern dialects) while the Southern dialects defricativized it ([ðj- > j-] in the modern dialects).
Alternative forms
- da (Northern form with depalatalization)
Descendants
- Vietnamese: da
Etymology 2
Attested in the Dictionarium Annamiticum Lusitanum et Latinum (1651), a dictionary based chiefly on the Northern dialects. The common modern form đa is not a reflex of this form, but spread from a Central dialect that did not undergo lenition in this case.
References
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