giun

Vietnamese

Etymology

From Proto-Vietic *p-luːn ~ *p-ruːn.

Trùn, a different descendant of the same root, is still widely used in some dialects.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

(classifier con) giun (𧉙, 𧑒)

a worm (animal)
ngủ với giun
to die; literally "to sleep with worms" (to be buried under the ground and eaten away by bugs)
- 2011: Trịnh Huy Ninh, Viking hung bạo, p.49; translated from Horrible Histories: The Vicious Vikings by Terry Deary and Martin Brown
  Nhát gan chỉ núp mà run
  Rồi thì cũng ngủ với giun thôi mà
  Go ahead and hide during every battle
  You will drop dead eventually

Derived terms

giun đất (“earthworm”)
giun đũa (“giant roundworm”)
giun tóc (“human whipworm”)
giun móc (“hookworm”)
giun kim (“pinworm”)

See also

sán

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