bươn sloong

Tày

Etymology

From bươn (“month”) +‎ sloong (“two”).

Pronunciation

• (Thạch An – Tràng Định) IPA^(key): [ɓɨən˧˥ ɬɔŋ˧˥]
• (Trùng Khánh) IPA^(key): [ɓɨən˦ θɔŋ˦]

Noun

bươn sloong

1. a year's second lunar month

   Synonym: bươn nhi̱

References

• Léopold Michel Cadière (1910) Dictionnaire Tày-Annamite-Français [Tày-Vietnamese-French Dictionary]‎^[1] (in French), Hanoi: Impressions d'Extrême-Orient