vũng
Vietnamese
Etymology
From Proto-Mon-Khmer *(d)baŋ() ~ *(d)buuŋh (“pool, marsh”); cognate with Tho [Cuối Chăm] /puŋ⁶/, Khmer ត្រពាំង (trɑpĕəng, “pool, marsh”), Khasi pung (“pool”).
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [vʊwŋ͡m˦ˀ˥]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [vʊwŋ͡m˧˨]
- (Saigon) IPA(key): [vʊwŋ͡m˨˩˦] ~ [jʊwŋ͡m˨˩˦]
Noun
Derived terms
Related terms
- (cove): vịnh
References
- "vũng" in Hồ Ngọc Đức, Free Vietnamese Dictionary Project (details)
- Lê Sơn Thanh, "Nom-Viet.dat", WinVNKey (details)