bóng
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See also: Appendix:Variations of "bong"
Vietnamese[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɓawŋ͡m˧˦]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɓawŋ͡m˦˧˥] ~ [ʔɓɔŋ˦˧˥]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [ʔɓawŋ͡m˦˥]
Audio (Ho Chi Minh City) (file)
Etymology 1[edit]
From Proto-Vietic *pɔːŋʔ (“bladder”).
Noun[edit]
(classifier quả, trái) bóng • (俸, 𫕰, 䏾)
- a ball
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Etymology 2[edit]
From Proto-Vietic *pɔːŋʔ (“shadow”); cognate with Tho [Cuối Chăm] pɒːŋ³, Chut [Rục] pɔːŋ³, and Muong pỏng.
Noun[edit]
(classifier cái) bóng • (俸, 䏾, 𩃳, 𫕰, 𩄴)
- shadow, shade
- dưới bóng cây ― in the shade of the tree
- reflection
- bóng cây trên mặt nước ― tree reflection on the water
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Etymology 3[edit]
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun[edit]
(classifier con, bà, mụ) bóng • (𡞗)
- (obsolete) female occultist, shamaness
- 19th century, Emperor Tự Đức, Tự Đức thánh chế tự học giải nghĩa ca (嗣德聖製字學解義歌 "Emperor Tự Đức's sagely study of character creation and interpretation song"), vol. V, 16b
- 巫媒𡞗求神
- “Vu”: mụ bóng cầu thần.
- 巫 (“wu”): the shamaness praying to the divinities
- 19th century, Emperor Tự Đức, Tự Đức thánh chế tự học giải nghĩa ca (嗣德聖製字學解義歌 "Emperor Tự Đức's sagely study of character creation and interpretation song"), vol. V, 16b
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Etymology 4[edit]
Possibly from the etymology above, through the semantic development path of "female occultist, shamaness > weirdo > homosexual". See also the adjectival sense of đồng bóng.
For a parallel, compare English queer.
Adjective[edit]
bóng
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