bóng

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "bong"

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Etymology 1

From Proto-Vietic *pɔːŋʔ (“bladder”).

Noun

(classifier quả, trái) bóng • (俸, 𫕰, 䏾)

  1. a ball

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Etymology 2

From Proto-Vietic *pɔːŋʔ (“shadow”); cognate with Tho pɒːŋ³, Chut pɔːŋ³, and Muong pỏng.

Noun

(classifier cái) bóng • (俸, 䏾, 𩃳, 𫕰, 𩄴)

  1. shadow, shade
    dưới bóng cây ― in the shade of the tree
  2. reflection
    bóng cây trên mặt nước ― tree reflection on the water
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Adjective

bóng • (𣈖, 俸)

  1. shiny
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Etymology 3

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

(classifier con, bà, mụ) bóng • (𡞗)

  1. (obsolete) female occultist, shamaness
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Etymology 4

Possibly from the etymology above, through the semantic development path of "female occultist, shamaness > weirdo > homosexual". See also the adjectival sense of đồng bóng.

For a parallel, compare English queer.

Adjective

bóng

  1. (slang, offensive) homosexual
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