thung lũng

Vietnamese

Etymology

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

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [tʰʊwŋ͡m˧˧ lʊwŋ͡m˦ˀ˥]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [tʰʊwŋ͡m˧˧ lʊwŋ͡m˧˨]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [tʰʊwŋ͡m˧˧ lʊwŋ͡m˨˩˦]

Noun

thung lũng

valley

References

Trần, Trọng Dương. "Decoding Quốc Âm Thi Tập's hexasyllabic lines from the historical-phonological approach" Hán-Nôm Journal. Vol. 1. 2013 (in Vietnamese).

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[1] Trần, Trọng Dương. "Decoding Quốc Âm Thi Tập's hexasyllabic lines from the historical-phonological approach" Hán-Nôm Journal. Vol. 1. 2013 (in Vietnamese).