thung lũng

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Vietnamese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

thung lũng

  1. a valley

Derived terms[edit]

Derived terms

References[edit]

  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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