thuồng luồng

See also: thương lượng

Vietnamese

Etymology

Disyllabic non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 龍 (SV: long) (Maspero, 1912). Compare rồng.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

(classifier con) thuồng luồng

1. (mythology) aquatic serpent-like monster.
2. (archaic) a crocodile