củng

See also: Appendix:Variations of "cung"

Tày

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *kuŋᴮ/ꟲ (“shrimp”). Cognate with Thai กุ้ง (gûng), Lao ກຸ້ງ (kung), Lü ᦂᦳᧂᧉ (k̇ung²), Tai Dam ꪀꪴ꫁ꪉ (kung3), Tai Dón ꪶꪀꪉꫂ (kung3), Shan ၵုင်ႈ (kūng), Tai Nüa ᥐᥨᥒᥲ (kòng), Phake ကုင် (kuṅ), Ahom 𑜀𑜤𑜂𑜫 (kuṅ), Zhuang gungq, Zuojiang Zhuang gungj, Saek กุง.

Pronunciation

(Thạch An – Tràng Định) IPA^(key): [kʊwŋ͡m˨˩˧]
(Trùng Khánh) IPA^(key): [kʊwŋ͡m˨˦]

Noun

củng

shrimp

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [kʊwŋ͡m˧˩]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [kʊwŋ͡m˧˨]
(Saigon) IPA^(key): [kʊwŋ͡m˨˩˦]

Verb

củng

(dialectal) alternative form of cụng