trứng

trứng (𫧾, 𠨡)

1. egg

• (egg): tlứng

• Vietnamese: trứng (𫧾, 𠨡)

• De Rhodes, Alexandre (1651), “trứng”, Dictionarium Annamiticum Lusitanum et Latinum.

From Middle Vietnamese 𠨡 (tlứng), from Proto-Vietic *k-ləːŋʔ (“egg”). Cognate with Muong tlởng, Tho [Cuối Chăm] kləːŋ³.

This term appears to be the original word for "egg" within Vietic. In the (usually more) archaic Vietic languages, it was displaced by *t-luːrʔ (> Arem ulʊːlʔ, Thavung ตะลู้น), which is an Austronesian loan (cf. Malay telur).

Similarity to Proto-Khmuic *kʔloŋ (“egg”), whence Puoc kloŋ and Khmu [Cuang] kdoŋ, is probably coincidental, since it involved both an irregular vowel correspondence and metathesis of the glottal stop.

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕɨŋ˧˦]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʈɨŋ˦˧˥]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ʈɨŋ˦˥]
• Homophone: chứng

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(classifier quả, trái) trứng • (𫧾, 𠨡)

1. an egg (body housing an embryo; egg of domestic fowl as food item; ovum)

• buồng trứng (“ovary”)
• noãn
• tinh trùng