bóng

== Vietnamese == === Pronunciation === (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɓawŋ͡m˧˦] (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɓawŋ͡m˦˧˥] ~ [ʔɓɔŋ˦˧˥] (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʔɓawŋ͡m˦˥] === Etymology 1 === From Proto-Vietic *pɔːŋʔ (“bladder”). ==== Noun ==== (classifier quả, trái) bóng • (俸, 𫕰, 䏾) a ball ===== Derived terms ===== ==== See also ==== banh === Etymology 2 === From Proto-Vietic *pɔːŋʔ (“shadow”); cognate with Tho [Cuối Chăm] pɒːŋ³, Chut [Rục] pɔːŋ³, and Muong pỏng. ==== Noun ==== (classifier cái) bóng • (俸, 䏾, 𩃳, 𫕰, 𩄴) shadow, shade dưới bóng cây ― in the shade of the tree reflection bóng cây trên mặt nước ― tree reflection on the water ===== Derived terms ===== ==== Adjective ==== bóng • (𣈖, 俸) shiny ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 3 === Unknown. Cadière (1915) derives sense "pythoness, seeress, sorceress" from "shade, shadow", yet this could be a folk etymology. ==== Noun ==== bóng • (𡞗) (obsolete) female occultist, shamaness bà bóng ― the shamaness ===== Derived terms ===== ===== References ===== === Etymology 4 === Possibly from the etymology above, through the semantic development path of "female occultist, shamaness > weirdo > homosexual". See also the adjectival sense of đồng bóng. For a parallel, compare English queer. ==== Adjective ==== bóng (slang, offensive) homosexual