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gả
a word from vocabulary
Vietnamese
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Mark Alves
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Word form
gả
LWT meaning(s)
to marry
Word meaning
to give one’s daughter in marriage
Analyzability
unanalyzable
Age
Han Dynasty [24] (-200–200)
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Loanword Information
Borrowed status
2. probably borrowed
Comments
The Tang Dynasty standard reading is giá.
Source words
*kra:_h (嫁, jià)
'to marry (of a woman)'
Old Chinese
Effect
Coexistence
Salience
Present in pre-contact environment
Contact situation
Imposed by Chinese government (Han Dynasty) [24]
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