tròng

== Vietnamese == === Pronunciation === (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [t͡ɕawŋ͡m˨˩] (Huế) IPA(key): [ʈawŋ͡m˦˩] ~ [ʈɔŋ˦˩] (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʈawŋ͡m˨˩] === Etymology 1 === From Proto-Vietic *p-lɔːŋ (“iris, pupil”). ==== Noun ==== tròng • (瞳) eyeball (of eyeglasses) a lens short for tròng đen (“iris”) short for tròng trắng (“sclera”) ===== See also ===== === Etymology 2 === Probably originally an affixed form of the root that gave rise to trong (“inside; in”). ==== Noun ==== (classifier cái) tròng • (𢫼) a snare (typically on a long, metal pole) (by extension) a ratchet wrench ==== Verb ==== tròng to put in; to insert something into tròng chân vào quần ― to put on the trousers (literally, “to put one's legs into the trousers”)