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Vietnamese
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Borrowed from French ton.
Noun
tông
- tone, shade (of colors)
- tone (of sounds)
Etymology 2
Sino-Vietnamese word from 宗.
Noun
tông
- (obsolete or only in compounds) ancestral temple; ancestry, origin, lineage
- tông đuờng ― ancestral temple's hall
- chim có tổ; nguời có tông ― Birds have nests; humans have origins.
- (rare, only in compounds) ancestor
- tổ tông ― ancestors
- (by extension) (taxonomy) tribe
Etymology 3
Compare tung.
Verb
tông
- (Central Vietnam, Southern Vietnam) to crash into; to collide with; to hit