See also: nong, nóng, nòng, nọng, and nồng

Vietnamese

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Vietic *ɗoːŋ.

Adjective

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nông (𬉰)

  1. (usually of water bodies) shallow
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Etymology 2

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Sino-Vietnamese word from .

Noun

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nông

  1. farming
    nghề nôngfarming
    làm nôngto do farming; to farm
  2. Clipping of nông nghiệp (agriculture).
    công-nôngindustrial and agricultural, worker and peasants
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Etymology 3

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Unknown.

As "pelican" unlikely belonged among basic, essential vocabulary items, nông may have descended from a Wanderwort ancestral to Khmer ទុង (tung), Thai กระทุง (grà-tung), and Lao ກະທຸງ (ka thung), all meaning "pelican".

Noun

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nông (𪆯, 𪇌)

  1. (obsolete) pelican
    • Lý hạng ca dao 里巷歌謠 (Folk-ballads from the hamlets and alleys), folio 36a
      丐𪂲丐𪅥丐𪆯
      𫳵𡮠踸𪽣穭翁唉𪂲
      Cái cò cái vạc cái nông;
      Sao mày giẫm ruộng lúa ông hỡi cò?
      The stork, the heron, the pelican;
      Why troddest thou on my paddy rice, oh stork?
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