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Vietnamese
Etymology
From Proto-Vietic *k-ləŋ (“back”). Compare Proto-Tai *ʰlaŋᴬ (“back”), whence Thai หลัง (lǎng).
Pronunciation
Noun
(classifier cái, tấm) lưng • (𦝄, 𨉞, 𠦻, 𦡟)
- back (the rear of the body)
18th–19th century, Hồ Xuân Hương (胡春香), “Cảnh thu (景秋) [Autumn Landscape]”, in John Balaban, transl., Spring Essence: The Poetry of Hồ Xuân Hương, Copper Canyon Press (book), also hosted by Nôm Foundation (online), published 2000:瓢篤江山醝𢴇𨢇
襊𠦻風月𥘀爲詩- Bầu dốc giang sơn say chấp rượu,
Túi lưng phong nguyệt nặng vì thơ. - I lift my wine flask, drunk with rivers and hills.
My backpack, breathing moonlight, sags with poems.
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