muông

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See also: Muong, muỗng, and Mường

Vietnamese

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Etymology

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From Proto-Vietic *t-mɔːŋ (civet). Compare Mang muaŋ⁶ ("civet").

Aside from a few compounds, the word is no longer used in Vietnamese. It also seems to once function as a classifier for a few animals, as attested in muông ſư tử (a lion) (in the Dictionarium Annamiticum Lusitanum et Latinum) and (muông lân, a female of the qilin) (in the Thi kinh giải âm, 詩經解音, a giải âm quasi-translation of the Shijing).

The undiphthongized form of this word might be preserved in the name of Con Moong cave, located in northern Thanh Hoá.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(classifier con) muông ()

  1. (obsolete) a quadruped

Derived terms

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Derived terms

Classifier

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muông ()

  1. (obsolete) Indicates wild and/or big animals.