ngỗng
See also: ngɔ́ŋ
Vietnamese
Etymology
Blench (2014) offers Proto-Austroasiatic quasi-reconstruction *h.ŋaŋ. Compare Pacoh angoung (“goose”) and Bahnar ngong (“goose”).
ngan (“Muscovy duck”) is the non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 雁 (“wild goose”, SV: nhạn).
Pronunciation
Noun
(classifier con) ngỗng • (鵝, 𤞒, 𪄌)
Derived terms
- gan ngỗng béo (“foie gras”)
Further reading
Blench, Roger. "Reconstructing Austroasiatic prehistory - Final Version" for Handbook of the Austroasiatic Languages. Jenny, M. & P. Sidwell (eds.). 2015. H Leiden: Brill. Unpublished