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Vietnamese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Calque of Chinese 金烏 / 金乌 (kim ô, literally “golden crow”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔaːk̚˧˦ vaːŋ˨˩]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔaːk̚˦˧˥ vaːŋ˦˩]
- (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʔaːk̚˦˥ vaːŋ˨˩] ~ [ʔaːk̚˦˥ jaːŋ˨˩]
Noun
[edit]- (dated or literary) the sun
- 1820, Nguyễn Du (阮攸), Truyện Kiều (傳翹) [The Tale of Kieu], Liễu Văn Ðường edition, published 1866, line 1269:
吝 吝 兎 鉑 鵶 鐄 - The silver lunar Rabbit and the gold solar Crow rose and set alternately