blang
Middle Vietnamese
Etymology
Attested in the Dictionarium Annamiticum Lusitanum et Latinum (1651), a dictionary based chiefly on the Northern dialects.
The Middle Vietnamese form(s) ancestral to the modern Central-Southern Vietnamese form, although technically not explicitly attested, should be phonologically identical to the Northern Middle Vietnamese form here. The modern Central-Southern form is listed as "descendant" in this entry for convenience.
Pronunciation
- (Đông Kinh) [ɓlaŋA1]
Noun
blang
- the Moon
Descendants
- Northern Vietnamese: giăng (inland dialects), lăng, tăng (coastal dialects)
- Central Vietnamese: trăng
- Southern Vietnamese: trăng
→ Northern Vietnamese: trăng