Ngọ

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ngo"

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 午. Regular reading should be **Ngỗ; compare regular reading ngỗ of 仵 (MC nguX), homophone of 午 (MC nguX) in Middle Chinese.

Cognate with Northern Thai ᩈᨦ᩶ᩣ, Lü ᦉᦇ (ṡng), Isan ชะง้า, Lao ສະງ້າ (sa ngā).

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Ngọ

  1. a unisex given name from Chinese
  2. the seventh earthly branch represented by the Horse

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