Kon Tum

See also: kontum, Kontum, kontům, köntum, and köntüm

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Vietnamese Kon Tum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɒntʊm/

Proper noun

Kon Tum

1. A former province of Vietnam (abolished in 2025).
2. A city in Vietnam.

Translations

former province of Vietnam

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 崑嵩 / 昆嵩 (Kūnsōng)

• German: Kon Tum n
• Vietnamese: Kon Tum (vi)

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

• Kông Tum

Etymology

Explained in some Vietnamese sources as being from a Bahnar phrase meaning "lake village". However, no such matching elements can be found, the closest is probably kơtu (“old abandoned village”). Even using possible "variants" of the first syllable (such as kông and kom, Bahnar's vowel length distinction also taken into account) yields little, except for maybe akŏm (“to meet together, to gather things”). In Bahnar, "village" is pơlei, while "lake, pond" is dơnŏu.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [kɔn˧˧ tum˧˧], [kəwŋ͡m˧˧ tum˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [kɔŋ˧˧ tum˧˧], [kəwŋ͡m˧˧ tum˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [kɔŋ˧˧ tʊm˧˧], [kəwŋ͡m˧˧ tʊm˧˧]
• Phonetic spelling: con tum, công tum

Proper noun

Kon Tum

1. Kon Tum (a former province of Vietnam) (abolished in 2025)
2. Kon Tum (a city in Vietnam)

Descendants

• → English: Kon Tum