đựng

Vietnamese

Etymology

From Proto-Mon-Khmer *d(ɯə)ŋʔ (“to receive”). Cognate with Old Mon dūṅ (modern Mon ဒုၚ် (tɜ̀ŋ, “to receive, to accept”)).

Attested as đợng in the Dictionarium Annamiticum Lusitanum et Latinum (1651).

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɗɨŋ˧˨ʔ]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɗɨŋ˨˩ʔ]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ʔɗɨŋ˨˩˨]

Verb

đựng • (𡓂, 𬪐)

1. to contain, to hold

Derived terms

• chịu đựng
• chứa đựng
• đồ đựng