chuồng

Vietnamese

Etymology

Uncertain.

Baxter & Sagart (2014) proposes that this is borrowed from Old Chinese 籠 (OC *k.rˤoŋ), thus making it non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 籠 (SV: lung, lộng).

Alves (2018) proposes that chuồng and lồng are doublets and both are early regional loanwords from Chinese 籠 / 笼, yet he is uncertain about connection to Old Chinese 籠 (OC *k.rˤoŋ); as Old Chinese *kr- regularly yields Vietnamese ‹s-› instead (as in sức & sen). However, chuồng’s initial ‹ch-› might have resulted from another sound change which yields ‹ch-› of chàng & chạp.

See 籠／笼 (lóng) for more.

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕuəŋ˨˩]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕuəŋ˦˩]
(Saigon) IPA^(key): [cuəŋ˨˩]

Noun

(classifier cái) chuồng • (重, 㮔, 𡈩, 𫭅, 󱹐, 栫)

an enclosure, usually a topless/ceilingless or room-sized one, for confining animals, especially domestic, livestock or zoo animals; compare buồng giam/xà lim (“prison cell”)
chuồng chó/lợn/hổ ― a dog/pig/tiger enclosure

chuồng gà ― a chicken coop or range

Derived terms