ngỗng

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Vietnamese

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Blench (2014) proposes Proto-Austroasiatic quasi-reconstruction *h.ŋaŋ. Compare Pacoh angoung (goose) and Bahnar ngong (goose).

Noun

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(classifier con) ngỗng (𪄌, , 𤞒)

  1. goose
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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The fact that the shape of the vessel resembles a goose. Semantically, compare vịt.

Noun

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(classifier cái) ngỗng

  1. kind of spouted vessel
    Lão ta ngồi tu một ngỗng rượu
    He sat there and drank a whole ngỗng of rice acohol

Further reading

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Blench, Roger. "Reconstructing Austroasiatic prehistory - Final Version" for Handbook of the Austroasiatic Languages. Jenny, M. & P. Sidwell (eds.). 2015. H Leiden: Brill. Unpublished