giun

From Proto-Vietic *p-luːn ~ *p-ruːn, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *(b)ruun; cognate with Khmer ព្រូន (pruun), Mon မြုန် (pərùn).

Trùn, a different descendant of the same root, is still widely used in some dialects.

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [zun˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [jun˧˧]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [jʊwŋ͡m˧˧]
• Homophones: dung, Dung, vun, vung

(classifier con) giun (𧉙, 𧑒)

1. a worm (animal)

   ngủ với giun

   to die

   (literally, “to sleep with worms”)

   • 2011: Trịnh Huy Ninh, Viking hung bạo, p.49; translated from Horrible Histories: The Vicious Vikings by Terry Deary and Martin Brown

     Nhát gan chỉ núp mà run
     Rồi thì cũng ngủ với giun thôi mà

     Go ahead and hide during every battle
     You will drop dead eventually

• giun đất (“earthworm”)
• giun đũa (“giant roundworm”)
• giun tóc (“human whipworm”)
• giun móc (“hookworm”)
• giun kim (“pinworm”)

• sán