ngỗng

See also: ngóng, ngõng, ngỏng, ngọng, ngông, ngồng, and ngɔ́ŋ

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ŋəwŋ͡m˦ˀ˥]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ŋəwŋ͡m˧˨]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ŋəwŋ͡m˨˩˦]

Etymology 1

Blench (2014) proposes Proto-Austroasiatic quasi-reconstruction *h.ŋaŋ. Compare Pacoh angoung (“goose”) and Bahnar ngong (“goose”).

Noun

(classifier con) ngỗng • (𪄌, 鵝, 𤞒)

  1. goose
Derived terms

Etymology 2

The fact that the shape of the vessel resembles a goose. Semantically, compare vịt.

Noun

(classifier cái) ngỗng

  1. kind of spouted vessel
    Lão ta ngồi tu một ngỗng rượu
    He sat there and drank a whole ngỗng of rice acohol

Further reading

Blench, Roger. "Reconstructing Austroasiatic prehistory - Final Version" for Handbook of the Austroasiatic Languages. Jenny, M. & P. Sidwell (eds.). 2015. H Leiden: Brill. Unpublished

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