"ma trơi" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Vietnamese]

IPA: [maː˧˧ t͡ɕəːj˧˧] [Hà-Nội], [maː˧˧ ʈəːj˧˧] [Huế], [maː˧˧ ʈəːj˧˧] (note: Saigon) Forms: con [classifier]
Etymology: ma (“ghost”) + trơi (fossilized element). The latter element is attested as Northern Middle Vietnamese blơi in Dictionarium Annamiticum Lusitanum et Latinum (1651). Ferlus (2007) reconstructed Proto-Vietic *p-ləːlʔ (“ghost”) (whence Toum plʌːl³), but this is unlikely to be the source due tonal mismatch. Etymology templates: {{com|vi|ma|alt2=trơi|pos2=fossilized element|t1=ghost}} ma (“ghost”) + trơi (fossilized element), {{inh|vi|mkh-mvi|blơi}} Middle Vietnamese blơi, {{ncog|mkh-vie-pro|*p-ləːlʔ||ghost}} Proto-Vietic *p-ləːlʔ (“ghost”) Head templates: {{head|vi|noun|||head=ma trơi|tr=}} ma trơi, {{vi-noun|cls=con|head=ma trơi}} (classifier con) ma trơi
  1. will o' the wisp
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    }
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  "etymology_text": "ma (“ghost”) + trơi (fossilized element).\nThe latter element is attested as Northern Middle Vietnamese blơi in Dictionarium Annamiticum Lusitanum et Latinum (1651).\nFerlus (2007) reconstructed Proto-Vietic *p-ləːlʔ (“ghost”) (whence Toum plʌːl³), but this is unlikely to be the source due tonal mismatch.",
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        "4": "",
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  "lang_code": "vi",
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  "senses": [
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      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
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        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Vietnamese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
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          "name": "Vietnamese nouns classified by con",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
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          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "vi",
          "name": "Mythological creatures",
          "orig": "vi:Mythological creatures",
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      "glosses": [
        "will o' the wisp"
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          "will o' the wisp",
          "will o' the wisp"
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      "ipa": "[maː˧˧ t͡ɕəːj˧˧]",
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        "Hà-Nội"
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    {
      "ipa": "[maː˧˧ ʈəːj˧˧]",
      "tags": [
        "Huế"
      ]
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    {
      "ipa": "[maː˧˧ ʈəːj˧˧]",
      "note": "Saigon"
    }
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      },
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      "name": "com"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "vi",
        "2": "mkh-mvi",
        "3": "blơi"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Vietnamese blơi",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mkh-vie-pro",
        "2": "*p-ləːlʔ",
        "3": "",
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      },
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      "name": "ncog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "ma (“ghost”) + trơi (fossilized element).\nThe latter element is attested as Northern Middle Vietnamese blơi in Dictionarium Annamiticum Lusitanum et Latinum (1651).\nFerlus (2007) reconstructed Proto-Vietic *p-ləːlʔ (“ghost”) (whence Toum plʌːl³), but this is unlikely to be the source due tonal mismatch.",
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        "classifier"
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        "3": "",
        "4": "",
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      },
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      "name": "head"
    },
    {
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      },
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        "Pages with entries",
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        "Vietnamese nouns",
        "Vietnamese nouns classified by con",
        "Vietnamese terms derived from Middle Vietnamese",
        "Vietnamese terms inherited from Middle Vietnamese",
        "Vietnamese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "vi:Mythological creatures"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "will o' the wisp"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "will o' the wisp",
          "will o' the wisp"
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  ],
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      "ipa": "[maː˧˧ t͡ɕəːj˧˧]",
      "tags": [
        "Hà-Nội"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[maː˧˧ ʈəːj˧˧]",
      "tags": [
        "Huế"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[maː˧˧ ʈəːj˧˧]",
      "note": "Saigon"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ma trơi"
}

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