bông vụ

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Etymology

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Particularly: “The first element is a corruption of bong (to flake, to spin), probably contaminated by bông (flower). The second element is from Khmer វូ (vuu) (Headley 1977 thinks the direction of borrowing is reverse).”

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Noun

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(classifier cái, con) bông vụ

  1. (Southern Vietnam) kind of spinning top toy
    Synonym: thò lò