trăng

• (Northern Vietnam, inland dialects) giăng
• (Northern Vietnam, coastal dialects, likely obsolete) lăng
• (Northern Vietnam, coastal dialects, endangered) tăng

From Proto-Vietic *b-laŋ. This is the Central-Southern form, now also the most common written form. See giai for the sound changes.

The Northern Middle Vietnamese form is attested as blang in Dictionarium Annamiticum Lusitanum et Latinum (1651).

False cognate of Proto-Austronesian *bulaN (“moon”) and Proto-Tai *ɓlɯənᴬ (“moon”), see more at the entry *b-laŋ.

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕaŋ˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʈaŋ˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ʈaŋ˧˧]

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trăng • (𢁋, 𣎞, 𦝄)

1. the Moon

   Synonym: Mặt Trăng