sống
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Vietnamese[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [səwŋ͡m˧˦]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [ʂəwŋ͡m˦˧˥]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [ʂəwŋ͡m˦˥] ~ [səwŋ͡m˦˥]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Proto-Vietic *k-roːŋʔ (“back of the blade”), from Proto-Mon-Khmer *ruŋʔ ~ *ruuŋ() ~ *ruəŋ() (“ridge; spine; back”); cognate with North Central Vietnamese trống, Bahnar rŏng (“behind, in back of”).
Noun[edit]
- (chiefly in compounds) a spine
- thấy lạnh sống lưng ― to feel the chills down one's spine
- sống núi ngầm ― underwater mountain ridge
- dây sống ― the spinal cord
- cột sống ― the vertebral column
- xương sống ― the spine
- đốt sống ― a vertebra
Derived terms[edit]
Derived terms
Etymology 2[edit]
From Proto-Vietic *k-roːŋʔ (“alive; raw”), cognate with Muong khống.
Attested in Phật thuyết đại báo phụ mẫu ân trọng kinh (佛說大報父母恩重經) as 𠸙, composed of 古 (MC kuoX) + 弄 (MC luŋH) (modern SV: cổ lộng), 古⿱弄, composed of 古 (MC kuoX) + 弄 (MC luŋH) (modern SV: cổ lộng) and 弄 (MC luŋH) (modern SV: lộng).
Verb[edit]
- to live
- sự sống ― life
Derived terms[edit]
Derived terms
Adjective[edit]
- living
- Antonym: chết
- người sống ― the living
- alive
- Hắn còn sống.
- He's still alive.
- live
- ăn tươi nuốt sống ― to eat something (a)live; (figuratively) to enslave or exploit inhumanely
- raw
- Antonym: chín
- rau sống ― raw vegetables
- undercooked
- Antonym: chín
- cơm sống ― undercooked rice
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