củng

See also: Appendix:Variations of "cung"

Tày

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *kuŋᴮ/ꟲ (“shrimp”). Cognate with Thai กุ้ง (gûng), Lao ກຸ້ງ (kung), Lü ᦂᦳᧂᧉ (k̇ung²), Tai Dam ꪀꪴ꫁ꪉ (kung3), Tai Dón ꪶꪀꪉꫂ (kung3), Shan ၵုင်ႈ (kūng), Tai Nüa ᥐᥨᥒᥲ (kòng), Phake ကုင် (kuṅ), Ahom 𑜀𑜤𑜂𑜫 (kuṅ), Zhuang gungq, Zuojiang Zhuang gungj, Saek กุง.

Pronunciation

• (Thạch An – Tràng Định) IPA^(key): [kʊwŋ͡m˨˩˧]
• (Trùng Khánh) IPA^(key): [kʊwŋ͡m˨˦]

Noun

củng

1. shrimp

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

Probably related to cụng.

Verb

củng • (共)

1. to knock hard on the head or the forehead, usually with the tips of the curled fingers

   củng cho mấy cái ― to knock on the head several times

Derived terms

• bò cụng

Etymology 2

Occurs in North Central dialects with ngã-hỏi merger.

Adverb

củng

1. Pronunciation spelling of cũng (“also”), representing North Central Vietnam Vietnamese.