trũng

Vietnamese

Etymology

From Proto-Mon-Khmer *luŋ(h) ~ *luuŋ(h) ~ *ləŋ(h) (hole, hollow; to bore, excavate); cognate with Khmer លុង (lung, to dig hole, drill, bore, excavate), Central Nicobarese ong-lòng (to drill hole).

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

trũng • (𫢵, 𬺙, )

  1. be lower than the surrounding earth's surface