| This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Not mentioned at all by Ratliff or Heimbach. Attested in speech,[1] as well as hmongvocabulary.com.[2] Sort of resembles a clipping of Chinese 無賴／无赖 (wúlài, “scoundrel”), or perhaps from 連／连 (lián, “to connect, involve, ally”).” |
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