vũng

See also: vung, vùng, and vụng

Vietnamese

Etymology

Cognate with Tho [Cuối Chăm] puŋ⁶. Compare vụng (“gulf, lagoon”).

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [vʊwŋ͡m˦ˀ˥]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [vʊwŋ͡m˧˨]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [vʊwŋ͡m˨˩˦] ~ [jʊwŋ͡m˨˩˦]

Noun

vũng • (漨, 淎)

puddle (a small pool of water)
vũng nước trên mặt đường ― a puddle in the road
cove, embayment

Derived terms

vũng lầy
Vũng Tàu

Related terms

(cove): vịnh

References

"vũng" in Hồ Ngọc Đức, Free Vietnamese Dictionary Project (details)
Lê Sơn Thanh, "Nom-Viet.dat", WinVNKey (details)

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