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)

1. puddle (a small pool of water)

   vũng nước trên mặt đường ― a puddle in the road

2. cove, embayment

Derived terms

• vũng lầy
• Vũng Tàu

Related terms

• (cove): vịnh

See also

• hũm

References

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