mình ên
Vietnamese
Etymology
The second element is from
Khmer
ឯក
ឯង
(
ʼêk
ʼêng
,
“
alone
”
)
.
Pronunciation
(
Hà Nội
)
IPA
(key)
:
[mïŋ˨˩ ʔen˧˧]
(
Huế
)
IPA
(key)
:
[mɨn˦˩ ʔen˧˧]
(
Saigon
)
IPA
(key)
:
[mɨn˨˩ ʔəːn˧˧]
Adjective
mình
ên
(
Mekong Delta
)
alone
;
by oneself