vượn

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See also: vuon and vườn

Vietnamese

Etymology

Cognate with Muong Bi wẫn. Compare Proto-Vietic *k-vaɲ (whence Arem kwaɲ, etc.) which lacks the expected glottal stop if it was actually cognates of the Viet-Muong forms.

Unlikely to be derived from ~ (> SV: viên) as proposed by Sinocentric philologists like An Chi.

Pronunciation

Noun

(classifier con) vượn (, 𤠴, 𤢥)

  1. a gibbon
  2. (loosely) an ape (animal)
    Synonym: khỉ
    vượn người / người vượna non-anatomically human species of Homo
    vượn/khỉ hình ngườia hominid (literally, “a humanoid ape”)

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