trũng

Vietnamese

Etymology

From Proto-Mon-Khmer *luŋ(h) ~ *luuŋ(h) ~ *ləŋ(h) (“hole, hollow; to bore, excavate”); cognate with Khmer លុង (lung, “to dig hole, drill, bore, excavate”), Central Nicobarese ong-lòng (“to drill hole”). Compare also thung lũng.

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕʊwŋ͡m˦ˀ˥]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [ʈʊwŋ͡m˧˩ʔ]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ʈʊwŋ͡m˨˩˦]

Adjective

trũng

be lower than the surrounding earth's surface

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