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Vietnamese
Etymology
From Proto-Vietic *vɔːk. This appears to be an "internal borrowing" from the Nghệ An/Hà Tĩnh dialects which are known for retaining the old rhymes /*ɔːk/, /*ɔːŋ/, /*oːk/, /*oːŋ/, as these rhymes have evolved into diphthongized forms in most other dialects. Compare Khmer វក (vɔɔk, “Year of the Monkey”).
See also dộc, a synonym, which is now much less used than voọc.
Pronunciation
Noun
(classifier con) voọc
- (Nghệ An, Hà Tĩnh) a monkey (primate)
- Synonym: khỉ
- a langur
Derived terms