bọng

See also: Appendix:Variations of "bong"

Vietnamese edit

Etymology edit

Probably a variant of bụng (“belly”), with influence from bộng.

Attested as bạo᷄ in the Dictionarium Annamiticum Lusitanum et Latinum (1651), glossed with Portuguese barriga, Latin venter. The compound đau bạo᷄ (“bellyache”) is also listed.

Pronunciation edit

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɓawŋ͡m˧˨ʔ]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɓawŋ͡m˨˩ʔ] ~ [ʔɓɔŋ˨˩ʔ]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ʔɓawŋ͡m˨˩˨]

Noun edit

bọng • (𣻈)

vesicle (small fluid-filled bladder, sac, cyst, or vacuole within the body)