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Vietnamese
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Proto-Vietic *ɗoːŋ.
Adjective
nông • (𬉰)
- (usually of water bodies) shallow
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Sino-Vietnamese word from 農.
Noun
nông
- farming
- nghề nông ― farming
- làm nông ― to do farming; to farm
- Clipping of nông nghiệp (“agriculture”).
- công-nông ― industrial and agricultural, worker and peasants
Derived terms
Etymology 3
Unknown.
As "pelican" unlikely belonged among basic, essential vocabulary items, nông may have descended from a Wanderwort ancestral to Khmer ទុង (tung), Thai กระทุง (grà-tung), and Lao ກະທຸງ (ka thung), all meaning "pelican".
Noun
nông • (𪆯, 𪇌)
- (obsolete) pelican
- Lý hạng ca dao 里巷歌謠 (Folk-ballads from the hamlets and alleys), folio 36a
丐𪂲丐𪅥丐𪆯
𫳵𡮠踸𪽣穭翁唉𪂲- Cái cò cái vạc cái nông;
Sao mày giẫm ruộng lúa ông hỡi cò? - The stork, the heron, the pelican;
Why troddest thou on my paddy rice, oh stork?
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