đuông

Vietnamese

Etymology

Borrowed from Tai. Compare Thai ด้วง (dûuang) and Khmer ដួង (duəng).

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɗuəŋ˧˧]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɗuəŋ˧˧]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʔɗuəŋ˧˧]

Noun

(classifier con) đuông • (蟷, 𧑒)

  1. a beetle's grub that live in a coconut trunk
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