bọng

Vietnamese

Etymology

Probably a variant of bụng (“belly”), with influence from bộng.

Attested as bạo᷄ in the Dictionarium Annamiticum Lusitanum et Latinum (1651), glossed with Portuguese barriga, Latin venter. The compound đau bạo᷄ (“bellyache”) is also listed.

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɓawŋ͡m˧˨ʔ]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɓawŋ͡m˨˩ʔ]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ʔɓawŋ͡m˨˩˨]

Noun

bọng • (𣻈)

vesicle (small fluid-filled bladder, sac, cyst, or vacuole within the body)

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