đựng

Vietnamese

Etymology

From Proto-Mon-Khmer *d(ɯə)ŋʔ (“to receive”). Cognate with Old Mon dūṅ (modern Mon ဒုၚ် (tɜ̀ŋ, “to receive, to accept”)).

Attested as đợng in the Dictionarium Annamiticum Lusitanum et Latinum (1651).

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɗɨŋ˧˨ʔ]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɗɨŋ˨˩ʔ]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʔɗɨŋ˨˩˨]

Verb

đựng • (𡓂, 𬪐)

  1. to contain, to hold

Derived terms

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