trứng

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Middle Vietnamese

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Noun

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trứng (𫧾, 𠨡)

  1. egg

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  • Vietnamese: trứng (𫧾, 𠨡)

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Vietnamese

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Etymology

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From Middle Vietnamese 𠨡 (tlứng), from Proto-Vietic *k-ləːŋʔ (egg). Cognate with Muong tlởng, Tho [Cuối Chăm] kləːŋ³.

This term appears to be the original word for "egg" within Vietic. In the (usually more) archaic Vietic languages, it was displaced by *t-luːrʔ (> Arem ulʊːlʔ, Thavung ตะลู้น), which is an Austronesian loan (cf. Malay telur).

Similarity to Proto-Khmuic *kʔloŋ (egg), whence Puoc kloŋ and Khmu [Cuang] kdoŋ, is probably coincidental, since it involved both an irregular vowel correspondence and metathesis of the glottal stop.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(classifier quả) trứng (𫧾, 𠨡)

  1. an egg (body housing an embryo; egg of domestic fowl as food item; ovum)

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