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giếng
a word from vocabulary
Vietnamese
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Mark Alves
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Word form
giếng
LWT meaning(s)
the spring or well
Word meaning
the well
Analyzability
unanalyzable
Age
Han Dynasty [24] (-200–200)
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Loanword Information
Borrowed status
2. probably borrowed
Comments
This is probably a doublet related to the synonymous Tang Dynasty literary Sino-Vietnamese reading tỉnh.
Source words
(EH) *cjéŋ (井, jǐng)
'the well'
Old Chinese
Effect
Insertion
Salience
Present only since contact
Contact situation
Imposed by Chinese government (Han Dynasty) [24]
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