bông vụ

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

bong vụ, bông dụ

Etymology

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Particularly: “The first element is a corruption of bong (“to flake, to spin”), probably contaminated by bông (“flower”). The second element is from Khmer វូ (vuu) (Headley 1977 thinks the direction of borrowing is reverse).”

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɓəwŋ͡m˧˧ vu˧˨ʔ]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɓəwŋ͡m˧˧ vʊw˨˩ʔ]
(Saigon) IPA^(key): [ʔɓəwŋ͡m˧˧ vʊw˨˩˨] ~ [ʔɓəwŋ͡m˧˧ jʊw˨˩˨]

Noun

(classifier cái, con) bông vụ

(Southern Vietnam) kind of spinning top toy
Synonym: thò lò