sông

See also: Appendix:Variations of "song"

Hokkien

For pronunciation and definitions of sông – see 倯 (“tacky”). (This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 倯).

Vietnamese

sông

Alternative forms

• (abbreviation) sg.
• (Northeastern Vietnam) thông

Etymology

From Proto-Vietic *k-roːŋ (“river”), from Proto-Mon-Khmer *ruŋ ~ ruuŋ ~ ruəŋ (“river”). Cognate with Muong không (“river”), Bahnar krong (“river”), Pacoh cruang (“country; area, river valley”), Mon ကြုၚ် (krɜŋ, “small river, creek”).

Doublet of giang. Related to Chinese 江 (OC *kˤroŋ) (B-S) (SV: giang) and Acehnese kruëng.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [səwŋ͡m˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʂəwŋ͡m˧˧] ~ [səwŋ͡m˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ʂəwŋ͡m˧˧] ~ [səwŋ͡m˧˧]

• Audio (Saigon):

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Noun

(classifier dòng, con) sông • (滝, 瀧, 𪷹)

1. river (large stream which drains a landmass)

Synonyms

• (Sino-Vietnamese, in compounds) giang; hà
• (North Central Vietnam) rào

See also

Derived terms

• cửa sông
• lòng sông
• núi sông
• sông băng
• sông ngòi
• sông núi
• sông nước

 

References

• Lê Sơn Thanh, "Nom-Viet.dat", WinVNKey (details)