bốn

See also: Appendix:Variations of "bon"

Vietnamese

Vietnamese cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : bốn     Ordinal : thứ tư

Etymology

From Proto-Vietic *poːnʔ, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *punʔ ~ *puən() ~ *pan(); cognate with Muong pổn, Khmer បួន (buən), Bahnar puăn, Pacoh poan, Mang puːn², Mon ပန်, Central Nicobarese [Nancowry] fōan, Santali ᱯᱳᱱ/ᱯᱩᱱ (pon/pun).

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɓon˧˦]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɓoŋ˦˧˥]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ʔɓoŋ˦˥]

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Numeral

bốn • (本, 𦊚, 奔)

1. four

Usage notes

• Unlike other cardinal numbers, the ordinal phrasal expression for bốn is generally not *thứ bốn, but thứ tư (“fourth”).

See also

• tư