dông

See also: Appendix:Variations of "dong"

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

  • (unetymological spelling) giông

Etymology

Cognate with Chut [Mày] katoŋ¹ (Babaev & Samarina, 2018).

The spelling giông appears to arise from hypercorrection and is often attributed to Vũ Trọng Phụng's Giông Tố (1936), but there are plenty of examples of giông that predate the novel; for example, it is attested in the second volume of Nam Kỳ phong tục nhơn vật diễn ca (1909).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

(classifier cơn, con) dông • (溶, 𩄱, 𩘨)

  1. a thunderstorm
    dông bão / bão dông ― thunderstorms and the like
    đời dông bão ― a struggling life

See also

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