trứng

== Middle Vietnamese == === Nountrứng (𫧾, 𠨡) === egg ==== Synonyms ==== (egg): tlứng ==== Descendants ==== Vietnamese: trứng (𫧾, 𠨡) === References === Alexandre de Rhodes (1651), “trứng”, in Dictionarium Annamiticum Lusitanum et Latinum (in Middle Vietnamese, Latin, and Portuguese), Rome: Propaganda Fide == Vietnamese == === Alternative forms === (North Central Vietnam) trấng (no vowel raising) (North Central Vietnam) trớng (no vowel raising) === Etymology === From Proto-Vietic *k-ləːŋʔ (“egg”), from Proto-Austroasiatic *pnləːŋʔ (“egg”). Cognate with Muong tlởng, Tho [Cuối Chăm] kləːŋ³. Attested as Northern Middle Vietnamese tlứng, tlấng in the Dictionarium Annamiticum Lusitanum et Latinum (1651). === Pronunciation === (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [t͡ɕɨŋ˧˦] (Huế) IPA(key): [ʈɨŋ˦˧˥] (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʈɨŋ˦˥] Homophone: chứng (Northern Vietnam) === Noun === (classifier quả) trứng • (𫧾, 𠨡) egg (body housing an embryo; egg of domestic fowl as food item; ovum) trứng luộc ― boiled egg trứng gà ― chicken egg ==== Derived terms ==== === See also === noãn tinh trùng