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Vietnamese
Alternative forms
- (phonemic spelling) nhông
- (phonetic spelling) dôông, (phonemic spelling) dông (in North Central dialects with further ‹nh-› > ‹d-› shift)
Etymology
See chồng.
This particular dialectal form is from the proto-form with *ʄ-, while the dominant form chồng is from *ɟ- (regular lower register tone due to voiced onset). Although implosives already gave upper register tone, thanks to comparative evidences (Thavung pʰajoːŋ¹), the presyllable *p- can further be recovered. The form with *ʄ- is probably the more original form: *p-ʄ- > *ʄ- > *ɟ-, with the non-North Central dialects derived chồng from stage 3 while the North Central form is compatible with stage 2.
Compare also the case of nhông (“agama”) (< *-ʄ-), chôông (“agama”) (< medial *-ɟ-, North Central form, unaffected by lenition) and giông (“salamander”) (< medial *-ɟ-, Northern-Southern form, affected by lenition).
Pronunciation
Noun
nhôông
- North Central Vietnam form of chồng (“husband”)
Derived terms