muống

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Etymology

Probably from Proto-Vietic *ɓɔːŋʔ (“water spinach (Ipomoea)”) (> Muong Bi bỏng) (Ferlus, 2007).

Attested in Quốc âm thi tập (國音詩集; 15th cent.) as 𡗐, composed of 夢 (MC mjuwng|mjuwngH) + 巨 (MC gjoX) (modern SV: mộng cự). Based on this evidence, Trần Trọng Dương (2012, 2014), and previously Nhẫn Gaston (1967), reconstructed the etymon with initial cluster *k-m-.

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [muəŋ˧˦]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [muəŋ˦˧˥]
(Saigon) IPA^(key): [muəŋ˦˥]

Noun

muống • (夢, 𡗐, 𬞷, 貺, 𬞁, 悶)

(obsolete, only in compounds) Synonym of rau muống (“water spinach (Ipomoea aquatica)”)
(Northern Vietnam) funnel (from the resemblance in shape to the plant's flower)
Synonym: phễu

Derived terms