móng
Vietnamese
Etymology
From Proto-Vietic *-mɔːŋʔ (“nail; hoof; claw”), from Proto-Mon-Khmer *t₁m(uə)ŋʔ (“nail; claw”). Cognate with Muong mỏng, Khmu tmʰmɔːŋ.
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [mawŋ͡m˧˦]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [mawŋ͡m˦˧˥] ~ [mɔŋ˦˧˥]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [mawŋ͡m˦˥]
Audio (Hồ Chí Minh City) (file)
Noun
(classifier cái, chiếc) móng • (𧅭, 𤔻, 𤔾, 𤔽)
- (anatomy, of a primate) a nail
- (anatomy, of a non-primate animal) a claw, talon or hoof
- móng ngựa ― a horse hoof; a horseshoe
- vành móng ngựa ― a platform with a fence that curves like a horseshoe in a courtroom, where the defendant is supposed to stand
- (engineering) a foundation
- nền móng ― (literal) the floor and the foundation; (figurative) a foundation (that upon which anything is founded)
- cá đớp móng ― fish breaking the water surface to gasp air
Derived terms
- móng chân (“toenail”)
- móng guốc (“hoof”)
- móng tay (“fingernail”)
- móng vuốt (“claw”)
- nền móng (“foundation”)
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