hăng-gô

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “mispronunciation of Guigoz / ghi-gô?”)

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [haŋ˧˧ ɣo˧˧]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [haŋ˧˧ ɣow˧˧]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [haŋ˧˧ ɣow˧˧]
  • Phonetic spelling: hăng gô

Noun

(classifier cái, chiếc) hăng-gô

  1. billycan; mess kit
    Synonyms: ăng-gô, gô, ghi gô, cà mèn
    • 1978, Chu Lai, chapter 10, in Nắng đồng bằng, NXB Quân đội Nhân dân:
      Thúy cầm hăng gô cơm lên, giọng chị đanh lại: […]
      Thuý picked up the billycan with rice; her voice turned hard: […]
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