trứng

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See also: trung, Trung, trúng, and Trưng

Middle Vietnamese

Noun

trứng (𫧾, 𠨡)

  1. egg

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  • Vietnamese: trứng (𫧾, 𠨡)

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Vietnamese

Etymology

From Middle Vietnamese 𠨡 (tlứng), from Proto-Vietic *k-ləːŋʔ (egg). Cognate with Muong tlởng, Tho kləːŋ³.

This term appears to be the original word for "egg" within Vietic. In the (usually more) archaic Vietic languages, it was displaced by *t-luːrʔ (> Arem ulʊːlʔ, Thavung ตะลู้น), which is an Austronesian loan (cf. Malay telur).

Similarity to Proto-Khmuic *kʔloŋ (egg), whence Puoc kloŋ and Khmu kdoŋ, is probably coincidental, since it involved both an irregular vowel correspondence and metathesis of the glottal stop.

Pronunciation

Noun

(classifier quả) trứng (𫧾, 𠨡)

  1. an egg (body housing an embryo; egg of domestic fowl as food item; ovum)

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