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con bé
a word from vocabulary
Vietnamese
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Mark Alves
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Word form
con bé
LWT meaning(s)
the baby
Word meaning
the baby
Analyzability
analyzable compound
Gloss
child small
Age
Vietnamese [24] (1000–2007)
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Borrowed status
5. no evidence for borrowing
Comments
Despite the phonetic similarity of Vietnamese bé to French bébé, the form is listed in de Rhodes’ dictionary in 1651 with the meaning ‘small’ and hence cannot be French in origin.
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