thung lũng
Vietnamese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Mon-Khmer *luŋ(h) or *luuŋh; cognate with Khmer លុង (lung). See also lủng (“having a hole, be perforated”) and trũng (“be lower than surrounding surface”). Doublet of lũng.[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [tʰʊwŋ͡m˧˧ lʊwŋ͡m˦ˀ˥]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [tʰʊwŋ͡m˧˧ lʊwŋ͡m˧˨]
- (Saigon) IPA(key): [tʰʊwŋ͡m˧˧ lʊwŋ͡m˨˩˦]
Audio (Saigon): (file)
Noun
[edit]thung lũng
- a valley
Derived terms
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References
[edit]- ^ Trần, Trọng Dương. "Decoding Quốc Âm Thi Tập's hexasyllabic lines from the historical-phonological approach" Hán-Nôm Journal. Vol. 1. 2013 (in Vietnamese).