voọc

Vietnamese

Etymology

From Proto-Vietic *vɔːk. This appears to be an "internal borrowing" from the Nghệ An/Hà Tĩnh dialects which are known for retaining the old rhymes /*ɔːk/, /*ɔːŋ/, /*oːk/, /*oːŋ/, as these rhymes have evolved into diphthongized forms in most other dialects. Compare Khmer វក (vɔɔk, Year of the Monkey).

See also dộc, a synonym, which is now much less used than voọc.

Pronunciation

Noun

(classifier con) voọc

  1. (Nghệ An, Hà Tĩnh) a monkey (primate)
    Synonym: khỉ
  2. a langur

Derived terms

  • voọc vá
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