mông

• IPA^(key): /moŋ⁵²/

mông

1. (Patsho) Inside; interior of anything.
2. (Patsho) Temperament
3. (Patsho) To encroach

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [məwŋ͡m˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [məwŋ͡m˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [məwŋ͡m˧˧]
• Homophone: Mông

Inherited from Proto-Vietic *t-moːŋ. Attested in Thiền tông khoá hư ngữ lục in a pre-XVII century translation, possibly by Tuệ Tĩnh, as 𭋥, a combination of 口夢 (MC khuwX mjuwng|mjuwngH) (modern SV: khẩu mông or khẩu mộng).

(classifier cái) mông • (蒙, 朦)

1. buttock

mông

1. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 朦
2. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 曚
3. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 蒙

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.).

mông

1. (only after verbs, of looking) forward and distant as if contemplative or expectant