thuồng luồng

See also: thương lượng

Vietnamese

Etymology

Uncertain. Either:

  • From the proto-form /*thluong/ provisionally reconstructed by Trần Trọng Dương (2013). This form might be related to Middle Chinese 龍 (ljowng) in some way. The presence of preintial /*th-/, however, is left unexplained, or
  • From Old Chinese 龍 (OC *[mə]-roŋ, “dragon”) (B-S) (SV: long) as suggested by Schuessler (2007) and earlier by Maspero (1912). The sound change resulting in thuồng (*C-r- > ‹th-›) can be seen in cases like tháng (“month”), thông (“river (Northeastern dialectal)”), thao (“star (Northeastern dialectal)”), or
  • Compound of thuồng +‎ luồng, two doublets which hail from ultimately Old Chinese 龍 (OC *[mə]-roŋ, “dragon”), and whose origins must have lied somewhere in coastal North(east)ern Vietnam.

Either way, doublet of rồng.

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [tʰuəŋ˨˩ luəŋ˨˩]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [tʰuəŋ˦˩ luəŋ˦˩]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [tʰuəŋ˨˩ luəŋ˨˩]

Noun

(classifier con) thuồng luồng • (從弄, 𧐺𬠥)

  1. (mythology) aquatic serpent-like monster
  2. (archaic) crocodile
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