phồng

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

  • phùng

Etymology

Sidwell (2024) proposes Proto-Austroasiatic *poŋ (“to swell, to inflate”) as the etymon.

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [fəwŋ͡m˨˩]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [fəwŋ͡m˦˩]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [fəwŋ͡m˨˩]
  • (Vinh) IPA(key): [pʰoŋ˧˧ ~ foŋ˧˧]

Verb

phồng • (𤂧, 篷, 蓬)

  1. to enlarge
    Antonym: co
  2. to puff (one's cheeks)

Noun

(classifier vết) phồng • (𤂧, 篷, 蓬)

  1. blister

Derived terms

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.