awng:

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Alternative forms

  • (PRC orthography) ong

Etymology

From Proto-Palaungic *ʔɔːŋ, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *ʔuŋ ~ *ʔuəŋ ~ *huŋ ~ *huəŋ (“wasp; hornet”). Cognate with Khmu ʔɔːŋ ("wasp"), Bahnar ong, Vietnamese ong.

Pronunciation

Noun

awng: 

  1. hornet

References

Watkins, Justin (2013) Dictionary of Wa, Leiden

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