tỏi

Etymology 1
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Compare 🇨🇬. To account for the glide reflex in both languages, the borrowed Sinitic word was probably a dialectal form where earlier shifted to  instead of the typical  (if the word was borrowed independently when the liquid still presented, Vietnamese would have  while Nong Zhuang would have ). However, it is also possible that there was borrowing involved: if the direction was Vietic > Tai, the Chinese form could be an early form with (> ) or a later form with ; if the direction was Tai > Vietic, the borrowed Sinitic form must be.

See also, from , with.

Noun

 * 1) garlic

Derived terms

 * (leek)

Adjective

 * 1)  to die