bưng

See also: bung, búng, and bụng

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ɓɨŋ˧˧]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [ɓɨŋ˧˧]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ɓɨŋ˧˧]

Etymology 1

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 捧 (“carry”; SV: bổng).(Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Verb

bưng (𢬄)

to carry a recipient in both hands
- 1957, Đoàn Giỏi, Đất rừng phương Nam, Kim Đồng publishing house, chapter 4
  - Bưng cháo ra đây, chú em? - tiếng con gián điệp gọi lên lanh lảnh, khiến tôi nổi gai ốc khắp người.
  — Bring us the congee, will you? — the spy's voice called loudly, giving me goosebumps all over.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Khmer បឹង (bəng, “lake”).

Noun

bưng (𣵮)

(Southern Vietnam) a kind of marshland

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