móng

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See also: mong, mống, mỗng, mỏng, mọng, 'mong, and Mong.

Lombard

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Etymology

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Akin to Italian mungere, from Latin mulcere.

Verb

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móng

  1. to milk

Vietnamese

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 Móng (động vật) on Vietnamese Wikipedia
 Móng (địa chất) on Vietnamese Wikipedia
 Móng (công trình xây dựng) on Vietnamese Wikipedia

Etymology

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From Proto-Vietic *-mɔːŋʔ (nail; hoof; claw), from Proto-Mon-Khmer *t₁m(uə)ŋʔ (nail; claw). Cognate with Muong mỏng, Khmu tmʰmɔːŋ.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(classifier cái, chiếc) móng (𧅭, 𤔻, 𤔾, 𤔽)

  1. (anatomy, of a primate) a nail
  2. (anatomy, of a non-primate animal) a claw, talon or hoof
    móng ngựaa horse hoof; a horseshoe
    vành móng ngựaa platform with a fence that curves like a horseshoe in a courtroom, where the defendant is supposed to stand
  3. (engineering) a foundation
    nền móng(literal) the floor and the foundation; (figurative) a foundation (that upon which anything is founded)
    cá đớp móngfish breaking the water surface to gasp air

Derived terms

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