dông
See also: Appendix:Variations of "dong"
Vietnamese
Alternative forms
- (unetymological spelling) giông
Etymology
Cognate with Chut [Mày] katoŋ¹ (Babaev & Samarina, 2018).
The spelling giông appears to arise from hypercorrection and is often attributed to Vũ Trọng Phụng's Giông Tố (1936), but there are plenty of examples of giông that predate the novel; for example, it is attested in the second volume of Nam Kỳ phong tục nhơn vật diễn ca (1909).
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [zəwŋ͡m˧˧]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [jəwŋ͡m˧˧]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [jəwŋ͡m˧˧]
Noun
(classifier cơn, con) dông • (溶, 𩄱, 𩘨)
- a thunderstorm
- dông bão / bão dông ― thunderstorms and the like
- đời dông bão ― a struggling life
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