sáng

• IPA^(key): /saŋ˥/

sáng

1. crisp

• Hkaw Luk (2017) A grammatical sketch of Lacid‎^[1], Chiang Mai: Payap University (master thesis), page 14

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [saːŋ˧˦]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʂaːŋ˦˧˥] ~ [saːŋ˦˧˥]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ʂaːŋ˦˥] ~ [saːŋ˦˥]

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From Proto-Vietic *p-laːŋʔ (“bright”) (in which *pl- had changed to *pʰr- and from there developed to its current form), from Proto-Mon-Khmer *plaaŋʔ. Cognate with láng (in sáng láng), Tho [Cuối Chăm] blaːŋ³, Khasi phalang, Khmu [Cuang] prlaːŋ ("morning star"). Compare also Thai ปลั่ง (bplàng).

sáng • (朗, 𠓇, 󰢜, 󱽇, 𤎜, 󱙼, 創, 𤏬, 灲, 𫤤)

1. morning

sáng • (朗, 𠓇, 󰢜, 󱽇, 𤎜, 󱙼, 創, 𤏬, 灲, 𫤤)

1. bright

Unrelated to etymology 1.

sáng

1. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 創 (“to create, to generate, to found, to establish”)

   Sách Sáng Thế ~ Sáng Thế Kí ― Book of Genesis [of the World]