trùn

Vietnamese

Etymology

From Proto-Vietic *p-luːn ~ *p-ruːn, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *(b)ruun. See the Northern form giun, now also the common written form.

Due to the shift /n/ > /ŋ/ from Huế southwards, this word is usually pronounced identically to trùng, which is the Sino-Vietnamese reading of 蟲／虫 (“insect, bug”), creating a pair of false cognates.

Pronunciation
  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [t͡ɕun˨˩]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ʈun˦˩]
  • (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [ʈʊwŋ͡m˨˩]
  • Audio (Hồ Chí Minh City)(file)

Noun

(classifier con) trùn • (𧉙)

  1. (Central Vietnam, Southern Vietnam) a worm (more specifically an earthworm)
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