đọng

See also: Appendix:Variations of "dong"

Vietnamese

Etymology

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Semantically, 凍 is a good fit. Phonetically however, the lower register tone of đọng is slightly odd, since it would suggest voiced initial for 凍.”

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 凍 (“freeze”, SV: đống).

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɗawŋ͡m˧˨ʔ]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɗawŋ͡m˨˩ʔ] ~ [ʔɗɔŋ˨˩ʔ]
(Saigon) IPA^(key): [ʔɗawŋ͡m˨˩˨]

Adjective

đọng • (𠘃)

stagnant

Verb

đọng • (𠘃)

to stagnate

Derived terms