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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 猨 ~ 猿 (> SV: viên) as proposed by Sinocentric philologists like An Chi.
Pronunciation
Noun
(classifier con) vượn • (猿, 𤠴, 𤢥)
- a gibbon
- (loosely) an ape (animal)
- Synonym: khỉ
- vượn người / người vượn ― a non-anatomically human species of Homo
- vượn/khỉ hình người ― a hominid (literally, “a humanoid ape”)
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