bưng

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See also: bung, búng, and bụng

Tày

Pronunciation

Verb

bưng

  1. to see; to look

References

  • Léopold Michel Cadière (1910) Dictionnaire Tày-Annamite-Français [Tày-Vietnamese-French Dictionary]‎ (in French), Hanoi: Impressions d'Extrême-Orient

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

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Verb

bưng (𢬄)

  1. to carry a recipient in both hands
    • 1957, Đoàn Giỏi, chapter 4, in Đất rừng phương Nam, Kim Đồng:
      - Bưng cháo ra đây, chú em? - tiếng con gián điệp gọi lên lanh lảnh, khiến tôi nổi gai ốc khắp người.
      "Bring us the congee, will you?" the spy's voice called loudly, giving me goosebumps all over.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Khmer បឹង (bəng, lake).

Noun

bưng (𣵮)

  1. (Southern Vietnam) a kind of marshland
Derived terms