vượn

See also: vuon and vườn

Vietnamese

Etymology

Cognate with Muong Bi wẫn. Compare Proto-Vietic *k-vaɲ (whence Arem kwaɲ, etc.) which lacks the expected glottal stop if it was actually cognates of the Viet-Muong forms.

Unlikely to be derived from 猨 ~ 猿 (> SV: viên) as proposed by Sinocentric philologists like An Chi.

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [vɨən˧˨ʔ]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [vɨəŋ˨˩ʔ]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [vɨəŋ˨˩˨] ~ [jɨəŋ˨˩˨]
Homophones: Vượng, dượng

Noun

(classifier con) vượn • (猿, 𤠴, 𤢥)

a gibbon
(loosely) an ape (animal)
Synonym: khỉ

vượn người / người vượn ― a non-anatomically human species of Homo

vượn/khỉ hình người ― a hominid (literally, “a humanoid ape”)

Derived terms

vượn cáo (“lemur”)

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