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Particularly: “As far as I know, cognates are found only in Cuối Làng Lỡ and similar lects, and considering that these lects specifically have significant Vietnamese influence, borrowing from Vietnamese is very much possible; not much information can be retrieved from the cognate(s) either. The ⟨g⟩ is suggestive of the existence of a presyllable.”
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gọi • (噲, 哙)
- to call or hail
- gọi điện (thoại) ― to make a phone call
- gọi xe tắc xi ― to call/hail a cab
- gọi món ― to hail a waiting person and place a food order
- to call, name or dub
- cái gọi là ― the so-called
