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hơi
a word from vocabulary
Vietnamese
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Mark Alves
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Word form
hơi
LWT meaning(s)
the air
Word meaning
the air
Analyzability
unanalyzable
Age
Han Dynasty [24] (-200–200)
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Loanword Information
Borrowed status
3. perhaps borrowed
Comments
The form is related to the synonymous Tang Dynasty literary Sino-Vietnamese reading khí.
Source words
(EH) *khǝś (氣, qì)
'air; steam'
Old Chinese
Effect
No information
Salience
Present in pre-contact environment
Contact situation
Via spoken contact [24]
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