"là" meaning in Vietnamese

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Combining form

IPA: [laː˨˩] [Hà-Nội], [laː˦˩] [Huế], [laː˨˩] [Hồ-Chí-Minh-City] Audio: LL-Q9199 (vie)-Penn Zero MSSJ-là.wav [Hà-Nội], LL-Q9199 (vie)-Jessica Nguyen (Pamputt)-là.wav [Hồ-Chí-Minh-City]
Head templates: {{head|vi|combining form}} là
  1. reduplicant of lạ, only used in là lạ Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-là-vi-combining_form-rmWtqpWt Categories (other): Vietnamese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Vietnamese entries with incorrect language header: 59 25 8 8
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 4

Noun

IPA: [laː˨˩] [Hà-Nội], [laː˦˩] [Huế], [laː˨˩] [Hồ-Chí-Minh-City] Audio: LL-Q9199 (vie)-Penn Zero MSSJ-là.wav [Hà-Nội], LL-Q9199 (vie)-Jessica Nguyen (Pamputt)-là.wav [Hồ-Chí-Minh-City] Forms: 𬗢 [CJK], [CJK], [CJK], [CJK]
Etymology: Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 羅 (SV: la). Etymology templates: {{m|vi|la}} la, {{der|vi|zh|羅//|pos=SV: <i class="Latn mention" lang="vi">la</i>|t=|tr=-}} Chinese 羅 (SV: la), {{vi-etym-sino|羅||la|preMC=y}} Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 羅 (SV: la) Head templates: {{head|vi|noun|||head=|tr=𬗢, 纙, 羅, 罗}} là • (𬗢, 纙, 羅, 罗), {{vi-noun|𬗢, 纙, 羅, 罗}} là • (𬗢, 纙, 羅, 罗)
  1. fine silk
    Sense id: en-là-vi-noun-9ikFxYFI Categories (other): Vietnamese nouns without classifiers
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: [laː˨˩] [Hà-Nội], [laː˦˩] [Huế], [laː˨˩] [Hồ-Chí-Minh-City] Audio: LL-Q9199 (vie)-Penn Zero MSSJ-là.wav [Hà-Nội], LL-Q9199 (vie)-Jessica Nguyen (Pamputt)-là.wav [Hồ-Chí-Minh-City] Forms: [CJK], 𪜀 [CJK], 𦉼 [CJK]
Etymology: From Proto-Vietic *laː (“to work”). Doublet of làm. Etymology templates: {{inh|vi|mkh-vie-pro|*laː||to work}} Proto-Vietic *laː (“to work”), {{doublet|vi|làm}} Doublet of làm Head templates: {{head|vi|verb|||head=|tr=羅, 𱺵, 𪜀, 𦉼}} là • (羅, 𱺵, 𪜀, 𦉼), {{vi-verb|羅, 𱺵, 𪜀, 𦉼}} là • (羅, 𱺵, 𪜀, 𦉼)
  1. (copula) to be Tags: copulative Related terms: bị, được,
    Sense id: en-là-vi-verb-CvEgfuq9
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb

IPA: [laː˨˩] [Hà-Nội], [laː˦˩] [Huế], [laː˨˩] [Hồ-Chí-Minh-City] Audio: LL-Q9199 (vie)-Penn Zero MSSJ-là.wav [Hà-Nội], LL-Q9199 (vie)-Jessica Nguyen (Pamputt)-là.wav [Hồ-Chí-Minh-City]
Head templates: {{head|vi|verb|||head=|tr=󱧭}} là • (󱧭), {{vi-verb|󱧭}} là • (󱧭)
  1. (usually Northern Vietnam) to iron Tags: Northern, Vietnam, usually Synonyms: ủi
    Sense id: en-là-vi-verb-n2K80fqb Categories (other): Northern Vietnamese
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Download JSON data for là meaning in Vietnamese (8.7kB)

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          "ref": "1946, Tố Hữu, “Từ ấy [That Moment]”, in Từ ấy [That Moment]",
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          "word": "ở"
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