tông
See also: Appendix:Variations of "tong"
Vietnamese edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
tông
Etymology 2 edit
Sino-Vietnamese word from 宗.
Noun edit
tông
- (obsolete or only in compounds) ancestral temple; ancestry, origin, lineage
- tông đuờng ― ancestral temple's hall
- chim có tổ; nguời có tông ― Birds have nests; humans have origins.
- (rare, only in compounds) ancestor
- tổ tông ― ancestors
- (by extension) (taxonomy) tribe
Etymology 3 edit
Compare tung.
Verb edit
tông
- (Central Vietnam, Southern Vietnam) to crash into; to collide with; to hit