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thung lũng

Vietnamese

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Etymology

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From Proto-Mon-Khmer *luŋ(h) or *luuŋh; cognate with Khmer លុង (lung). See also lủng (“having a hole, be perforated”) and trũng (“be lower than surrounding surface”). Doublet of lũng.[1]

Pronunciation

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  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [tʰʊwŋ͡m˧˧ lʊwŋ͡m˦ˀ˥]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [tʰʊwŋ͡m˧˧ lʊwŋ͡m˧˨]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [tʰʊwŋ͡m˧˧ lʊwŋ͡m˨˩˦]
  • Audio (Saigon):(file)

Noun

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thung lũng

  1. a valley

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Trần, Trọng Dương. "Decoding Quốc Âm Thi Tập's hexasyllabic lines from the historical-phonological approach" Hán-Nôm Journal. Vol. 1. 2013 (in Vietnamese).
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