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bưng

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See also: bung, búng, and bụng

Tày

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bưng

  1. to see; to look

References

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  • Léopold Michel Cadière (1910) Dictionnaire Tày-Annamite-Français [Tày-Vietnamese-French Dictionary]‎[1] (in French), Hanoi: Impressions d'Extrême-Orient

Vietnamese

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Etymology 1

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Verb

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bưng (𢬄)

  1. to carry a recipient in both hands
    • 1957, Đoàn Giỏi, chapter 4, in Đất rừng phương Nam, Kim Đồng:
      - Bưng cháo ra đây, chú em? - tiếng con gián điệp gọi lên lanh lảnh, khiến tôi nổi gai ốc khắp người.
      "Bring us the congee, will you?" the spy's voice called loudly, giving me goosebumps all over.

Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Khmer បឹង (bəng, lake).

Noun

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bưng (𣵮)

  1. (Southern Vietnam) a kind of marshland
Derived terms
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