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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Vietic *pɔːŋʔ (bladder).

Noun

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(classifier quả, trái) bóng (, 𫕰, )

  1. a ball

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Etymology 2

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From Proto-Vietic *pɔːŋʔ (shadow); cognate with Tho [Cuối Chăm] pɒːŋ³, Chut [Rục] pɔːŋ³, and Muong pỏng.

Noun

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(classifier cái) bóng (, , 𩃳, 𫕰, 𩄴)

  1. shadow, shade
    dưới bóng câyin the shade of the tree
  2. reflection
    bóng cây trên mặt nướctree reflection on the water
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Adjective

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bóng (𣈖, )

  1. shiny
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Etymology 3

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Unknown. Cadière (1915) derives sense "pythoness, seeress, sorceress" from "shade, shadow",[1] yet this could be a folk etymology.

Noun

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bóng (𡞗)

  1. (obsolete) female occultist, shamaness
    bóngthe shamaness
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  1. ^ L. Cadière (1915) Bulletin de l'Ecole française d'Extrême-Orient — Anthropologie Populaire Annamite[1], volume 15, page 82

Etymology 4

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Possibly from the etymology above, through the semantic development path of "female occultist, shamaness > weirdo > homosexual". See also the adjectival sense of đồng bóng.

For a parallel, compare English queer.

Adjective

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bóng

  1. (slang, offensive) homosexual