trứng

trứng (𫧾, 𠨡)

1. egg

• (egg): tlứng

• Vietnamese: trứng (𫧾, 𠨡)

• Alexandre de Rhodes (1651) “trứng”, in Dictionarium Annamiticum Lusitanum et Latinum (in Middle Vietnamese, Latin, and Portuguese), Rome: Propaganda Fide

• (North Central Vietnam) trấng (no vowel raising)
• (North Central Vietnam) trớng (no vowel raising)

From Proto-Vietic *k-ləːŋʔ (“egg”), from Proto-Austroasiatic *pnləːŋʔ (“egg”). Cognate with Muong tlởng, Tho [Cuối Chăm] kləːŋ³.

Attested as Northern Middle Vietnamese tlứng, tlấng in the Dictionarium Annamiticum Lusitanum et Latinum (1651).

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕɨŋ˧˦]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʈɨŋ˦˧˥]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ʈɨŋ˦˥]
• Homophone: chứng (Northern Vietnam)

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(classifier quả) trứng • (𫧾, 𠨡)

1. egg (body housing an embryo; egg of domestic fowl as food item; ovum)

   trứng luộc ― boiled egg

   trứng gà ― chicken egg

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