nhôông

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Vietnamese

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Alternative forms

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  • (phonemic spelling) nhông
  • (phonetic spelling) dôông, (phonemic spelling) dông (in North Central dialects with further ‹nh-› > ‹d-› shift)

Etymology

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See chồng.

This particular dialectal form is from the proto-form with *ʄ-, while the dominant form chồng is from *ɟ- (regular lower register tone due to voiced onset). Although implosives already gave upper register tone, thanks to comparative evidences (Thavung pʰajoːŋ¹), the presyllable *p- can further be recovered. The form with *ʄ- is probably the more original form: *p-ʄ- > *ʄ- > *ɟ-, with the non-North Central dialects derived chồng from stage 3 while the North Central form is compatible with stage 2.

Compare also the case of nhông (agama) (< *-ʄ-), chôông (agama) (< medial *-ɟ-, North Central form, unaffected by lenition) and giông (salamander) (< medial *-ɟ-, Northern-Southern form, affected by lenition).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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nhôông

  1. North Central Vietnam form of chồng (husband)

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