sống
Vietnamese
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [səwŋ͡m˧˦]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [ʂəwŋ͡m˦˧˥]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [ʂəwŋ͡m˦˥] ~ [səwŋ͡m˦˥]
Etymology 1
From Proto-Vietic *k-roːŋʔ (“back of the blade”), from Proto-Mon-Khmer *ruŋʔ ~ *ruuŋ() ~ *ruəŋ() (“ridge; spine; back”); cognate with North Central Vietnamese trống, Bahnar rŏng (“behind, in back of”).
Noun
sống (𦡠, 𧚠, 𩩇, 𩩖, 𬴑)
- (chiefly in compounds) a spine
- thấy lạnh sống lưng
- to feel the chills down one's spine
- sống núi ngầm
- underwater mountain ridge
- dây sống
- the spinal cord
- cột sống
- the vertebral column
- xương sống
- the spine
- đốt sống
- a vertebra
Etymology 2
From Proto-Vietic *k-roːŋʔ (“alive; raw”), cognate with Muong khống. Perhaps related to Proto-Mon-Khmer *gj(u)ŋ (“to be alive”), whence Mon ဂျိုၚ် (càŋ).
Derived terms
Derived terms
Adjective
sống (𤯩, 𩀳, 𪁇)
- living
- người sống
- the living
- alive
- Hắn còn sống.
- He's still alive
- live
- ăn tươi nuốt sống
- to eat something (a)live; (figuratively) to enslave or exploit inhumanely
- raw
- rau sống
- raw vegetables
- undercooked
- cơm sống
- undercooked rice
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