mọi

From Chinese 每 (MC mwojX|mwojH).

mọi

1. all

• Vietnamese: mọi

From Proto-Vietic *mɔːlʔ (“human being”). Cognate with Muong mõl (“human being”). See mọi for details.

mọi

1. barbarian; savage; subhuman

• Vietnamese: mọi

• Alexandre de Rhodes (1651), “mọi”, in Dictionarium Annamiticum Lusitanum et Latinum (in Middle Vietnamese, Latin, and Portuguese), Rome: Propaganda Fide

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [mɔj˧˨ʔ]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [mɔj˨˩ʔ]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [mɔj˨˩˨]

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Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 每 (“every, each”, SV: mỗi). Doublet of mỗi.

Attested as mọi in the Dictionarium Annamiticum Lusitanum et Latinum (1651).

mọi • (每)

1. all

   Một người vì mọi người! Mọi người vì một người!

   One for all! All for one!

Mỗi (SV) and mọi (non-SV) are doublets from the same Chinese etymon, but their meanings differ: mỗi emphasises individuality (“each”), while mọi emphasises collectivity (“every”).

• → Tai Dam: ꪢ꫁ꪮꪥ

From Proto-Vietic *mɔːlʔ (“human being”) (secondary borrowing from a Muong lect?). Cognate with Muong Bi mõl (“human being”). Attested as mọi in the Dictionarium Annamiticum Lusitanum et Latinum (1651).

mọi • (𤞦, 每)

1. (derogatory) barbarian; savage; subhuman

• → Lao: ມ້ອຍ (mǭi)