trỏng
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Vietnamese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Contraction of trong (“inside”) + the demonstrative ấy (“that”) in the southern dialects, with the latter manifested as the hỏi tone after monosyllabification.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [t͡ɕawŋ͡m˧˩]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [ʈawŋ͡m˧˨] ~ [ʈɔŋ˧˨] invalid IPA characters (][)
- (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʈawŋ͡m˨˩˦]
Adverb
[edit]trỏng
- (Southern Vietnam) in there; inside that place
- Hang tối om à, đừng có vô trỏng!
- That cave is very dark, you shouldn't go there!