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đông lại
a word from vocabulary
Vietnamese
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Mark Alves
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Word form
đông lại
LWT meaning(s)
to freeze
Word meaning
to freeze
Analyzability
analyzable compound
Gloss
freeze back
Age
Tang Dynasty [24] (700–1000)
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Loanword Information
Borrowed status
2. probably borrowed
Comments
While in Mandarin Chinese, this form has only the meaning of ‘winter’, it has in Cantonese the meaning of ‘cold’.
Source words
dōng (冬)
'cold/winter'
Chinese
Effect
No information
Salience
Present in pre-contact environment
Contact situation
Via writing [24]
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