đuông

Vietnamese

Etymology

Borrowed from Tai; compare Thai ด้วง (dûuang).

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɗuəŋ˧˧]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɗuəŋ˧˧]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ʔɗuəŋ˧˧]

Noun

(classifier con) đuông (蟷, 𧑒)

a beetle's grub that live in a coconut trunk

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