dông

See also: Appendix:Variations of "dong"

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

• (unetymological spelling) giông

Etymology

Cognate with Chut [Mày] katoŋ¹ (Babaev & Samarina, 2018).

The spelling giông appears to arise from hypercorrection and is often attributed to Vũ Trọng Phụng's Giông Tố (1936), but there are plenty of examples of giông that predate the novel; for example, it is attested in the second volume of Nam Kỳ phong tục nhơn vật diễn ca (1909).

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [zəwŋ͡m˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [jəwŋ͡m˧˧]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [jəwŋ͡m˧˧]

Noun

(classifier cơn, con) dông • (溶, 𩄱, 𩘨)

1. a thunderstorm

   dông bão / bão dông ― thunderstorms and the like

   đời dông bão ― a struggling life

See also

Derived terms

• bão dông
• dông bão
• dông gió
• dông lốc
• dông tố
• mưa dông