thung lũng

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Vietnamese

Etymology

From Proto-Mon-Khmer *luŋ(h) or *luuŋh; cognate with Khmer លុង (lung). See also lủng (having a hole, be perforated) and trũng (be lower than surrounding surface). Doublet of lũng[1].

Pronunciation

Noun

thung lũng

  1. a valley

References

  1. ^ Trần, Trọng Dương. "Decoding Quốc Âm Thi Tập's hexasyllabic lines from the historical-phonological approach" Hán-Nôm Journal. Vol. 1. 2013 (in Vietnamese).