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Tày
Etymology
From Proto-Tai *mɯəŋᴬ (“village”). Cognate with Thai เมือง (mʉʉang), Northern Thai ᨾᩮᩬᩥᨦ, Lao ເມືອງ (mư̄ang), Lü ᦵᦙᦲᧂ (moeng), Tai Dam ꪹꪣꪉ, Shan မိူင်း (móeng), Tai Nüa ᥛᥫᥒᥰ (möeng), Ahom 𑜉𑜢𑜤𑜂𑜫 (müṅ).
Pronunciation
Noun
mường (茫, ⿰氵⿱丷⿷匚八)
- country, land, region
- cần táng mường ― person from a different region
- mường nưa ― the upperregion
[⿰氵⿱丷⿷匚八]蓋梂接𬑾- Mường cái cấu xểp thin
- A place with a stone bridge
Derived terms
Adjective
mường
- countless, innumerable
功𪜀[⿰氵⿱丷⿷匚八]寸洞[⿰末亾]大- Công là mường, thuổn toọng mất đai
- However innumerable the accomplishments may be, a few disheartening words can easily make you lose all.
References
- Hoàng Văn Ma, Lục Văn Pảo, Hoàng Chí (2006) Từ điển Tày-Nùng-Việt [Tay-Nung-Vietnamese dictionary] (in Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Từ điển Bách khoa Hà Nội
- Lương Bèn (2011) Từ điển Tày-Việt [Tay-Vietnamese dictionary] (in Vietnamese), Thái Nguyên: Nhà Xuất bản Đại học Thái Nguyên
- Lục Văn Pảo, Hoàng Tuấn Nam (2003) Hoàng Triều Ân, editor, Từ điển chữ Nôm Tày [A Dictionary of (chữ) Nôm Tày] (in Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Khoa học Xã hội
Vietnamese
Etymology
Borrowed from a Tai language. Compare Mường, Muong mường (“Mường; village; mountain village”), Lao ເມືອງ (mư̄ang), Lü ᦵᦙᦲᧂ (moeng), ᨾᩮᩥ᩠ᨦ, Shan မိူင်း (móeng), Tai Dam ꪹꪣꪉ (mứang), Thai เมือง (mʉʉang).
Pronunciation
Noun
mường
- mountain village of ethnic minorities in Northern Vietnam