ngỗng
Vietnamese edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Blench (2014) proposes Proto-Austroasiatic quasi-reconstruction *h.ŋaŋ. Compare Pacoh angoung (“goose”) and Bahnar ngong (“goose”).
Noun edit
(classifier con) ngỗng • (𪄌, 鵝, 𤞒)
Derived terms edit
- gan ngỗng béo (“foie gras”)
Etymology 2 edit
The fact that the shape of the vessel resembles a goose. Semantically, compare vịt.
Noun edit
(classifier cái) ngỗng
- kind of spouted vessel
- Lão ta ngồi tu một ngỗng rượu
- He sat there and drank a whole ngỗng of rice acohol
Further reading edit
Blench, Roger. "Reconstructing Austroasiatic prehistory - Final Version" for Handbook of the Austroasiatic Languages. Jenny, M. & P. Sidwell (eds.). 2015. H Leiden: Brill. Unpublished