𡞕

Middle Vietnamese

Alternative forms

𡢼

Etymology

From Proto-Vietic *-bəːʔ, either from Proto-Mon-Khmer *(ʔ)boʔ (“mother”) or an early loan from Old Chinese 婦 (OC *bɯʔ).

Noun

𡞕 (ꞗợ)

wife
married woman

Descendants

Vietnamese: vợ

References

De Rhodes, Alexandre (1651), “ꞗợ”, Dictionarium Annamiticum Lusitanum et Latinum.

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