nông

See also: nong, nóng, nòng, nọng, and nồng

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [nəwŋ͡m˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [nəwŋ͡m˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [nəwŋ͡m˧˧]

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Etymology 1

From Proto-Vietic *ɗoːŋ.

Adjective

nông • (𬉰)

1. (usually of water bodies) shallow

Derived terms

Derived terms

• nông cạn
• nông choèn
• nông nổi
• nông sợt mỏng mảnh

 

Etymology 2

Sino-Vietnamese word from 農.

Noun

nông

1. farming

   nghề nông ― farming

   làm nông ― to do farming; to farm

2. Clipping of nông nghiệp (“agriculture”).

   công-nông ― industrial and agricultural, worker and peasants

Derived terms

• nông dân (“farmer, peasant”)
• nông thôn (“rural area”)

Etymology 3

Unknown.

As "pelican" unlikely belonged among basic, essential vocabulary items, nông may have descended from a Wanderwort ancestral to Khmer ទុង (tung), Thai กระทุง (grà-tung), and Lao ກະທຸງ (ka thung), all meaning "pelican".

Noun

nông • (𪆯, 𪇌)

1. (obsolete) pelican
   • Lý hạng ca dao 里巷歌謠 (Folk-ballads from the hamlets and alleys), folio 36a

     丐𪂲丐𪅥丐𪆯
     𫳵𡮠踸𪽣穭翁唉𪂲

     Cái cò cái vạc cái nông;
     Sao mày giẫm ruộng lúa ông hỡi cò?

     The stork, the heron, the pelican;
     Why troddest thou on my paddy rice, oh stork?

See also

• bồ nông

Anagrams

• ngôn