buôn

See also: buon, buồn, and buon'

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɓuən˧˧]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɓuəŋ˧˧]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʔɓuəŋ˧˧]
  • Homophone: buông (Southern Vietnam)

Etymology 1

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese (to deal in; to trade in, SV: phiến).

Verb

buôn • (, 𧶭, 𫬩)

  1. to deal in; to trade in
  2. (slang, as in buôn chuyện) to gossip
    Synonym: (Southern Vietnam) tám
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Rade ƀuôn (village).

Noun

buôn

  1. village of a minor ethnic group, especially one of the Rade people or other peoples of Tây Nguyên
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See also