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Vietnamese
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Blench (2014) proposes Proto-Austroasiatic quasi-reconstruction *h.ŋaŋ. Compare Pacoh angoung (“goose”) and Bahnar ngong (“goose”).
Noun
(classifier con) ngỗng • (𪄌, 鵝, 𤞒)
- goose
Derived terms
Etymology 2
The fact that the shape of the vessel resembles a goose. Semantically, compare vịt.
Noun
(classifier cái) ngỗng
- kind of spouted vessel
Lão ta ngồi tu một ngỗng rượu- He sat there and drank a whole ngỗng of rice acohol
Further reading
Blench, Roger. "Reconstructing Austroasiatic prehistory - Final Version" for Handbook of the Austroasiatic Languages. Jenny, M. & P. Sidwell (eds.). 2015. H Leiden: Brill. Unpublished