phỗng

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Pronunciation

Etymology 1

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 奉 (SV: phụng)?”

Noun

phỗng • (󱥆)

  1. a kind of statue
    ngồi im như phỗng ― to sit still like a phỗng statue
    trơ như phỗng ― to be motionless like a phỗng statue

Etymology 2

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Related to bỗng "suddenly"? For other pairs of plain (or in many cases, lenited) vs. aspirated initial, compare gảy vs. khảy, quấy vs. khuấy, cứa vs. khứa, bết vs. phết, bỏng vs. phỏng.”

Verb

phỗng • (唪)

  1. to take away, to deprive, to steal
    bị kẻ gian phỗng mất cái ví ― to have one's wallet stolen by a thief
    phỗng tay trên ― to take away something before someone else
    • Anonymous, Nữ tú tài tân truyện (女秀才新傳 "New Account about the Talented Lady"); 1890 version
      想(Tưởng)浪(rằng)𧗱(về)旦(đến)時(thì)𢧚(nên)
      拯(Chẳng)疑(ngờ)㐌(đã)唪(phỗng)𢬣(tay)𨕭(trên)𠽋(nực)唭(cười)
      He thought that upon his return his marriage with her would be finalized.
      He never suspected that her hand had been comically taken away in marriage.
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