không
Muong
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Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Vietnamese không.
Numeral
không
Etymology 2
From Proto-Vietic *k-roːŋ (“river”), from Proto-Mon-Khmer *ruŋ ~ ruuŋ ~ ruəŋ (“river”); cognate with Vietnamese sông.
Noun
không
Vietnamese
Alternative forms
Etymology
Sino-Vietnamese word from 空 (“empty, nothing, none”).
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [xəwŋ͡m˧˧]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [kʰəwŋ͡m˧˧] ~ [xəwŋ͡m˧˧]
- (Saigon) IPA(key): [kʰəwŋ͡m˧˧] ~ [xəwŋ͡m˧˧]
Adverb
không
- not (negates meaning of verb)
- idly, without doing anything
- 1936, Vũ Trọng Phụng, chapter 1, in Số đỏ, Hà Nội báo:
- – Một hào đấy! Bói rẻ còn hơn ngồi không.
- "Here you have a dime! A cheap fortune-teller is still better than sitting without anything to do."
Synonyms
- (Southern dialects) hổng
Verb
không
Adjective
không
- without anything added
- cơm không ― only rice
Interjection
không
Particle
không
- question particle
See also
Numeral
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Cardinal : không | ||
không
See also
See also
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