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Vietnamese
Etymology
Word formation with distal denotation by adding hỏi tone to the root ông in Southern Vietnamese and some topolects of Thanh Hoá.
Pronunciation
Pronoun
ổng
- (colloquial, Southern Vietnam, certain regions of Thanh Hoá) he; him (older or respected man)
- 2005, Nguyễn Ngọc Tư, "Dòng nhớ" (in Cánh đồng bất tận), Trẻ publishing house
Đó là lúc "ổng", tức ba tôi chống cây gậy khật khừng lang thang xuống bến.- That was when "he", my father, went wandering down the wharfs with his walking stick.
Synonyms
- (older or respected man): ông ấy