Etymology

Akin to Italian mungere, from Latin mulcere.

Verb

móngCategory:Lombard lemmas#MÓNGCategory:Lombard verbs#MÓNGCategory:Lombard entries with incorrect language header#MÓNGCategory:Pages with entries#MÓNGCategory:Pages with 2 entries#MÓNG

1. to milk

Etymology

From Proto-VieticCategory:Vietnamese terms inherited from Proto-Vietic#MONG%25Category:Vietnamese terms derived from Proto-Vietic#MONG%25 *-mɔːŋʔ (“nail; hoof; claw”), from Proto-Mon-KhmerCategory:Vietnamese terms inherited from Proto-Mon-Khmer#MONG%25Category:Vietnamese terms derived from Proto-Mon-Khmer#MONG%25 *t₁m(uə)ŋʔ (“nail; claw”). Cognate with Muong Bi mỏng, Khmu tmʰmɔːŋ.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [mawŋ͡m˧˦]Category:Vietnamese terms with IPA pronunciation#MONG%25
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [mawŋ͡m˦˧˥] ~ [mɔŋ˦˧˥]Category:Vietnamese terms with IPA pronunciation#MONG%25
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [mawŋ͡m˦˥]Category:Vietnamese terms with IPA pronunciation#MONG%25Category:Vietnamese terms with IPA pronunciation#MONG%25

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Noun

(classifier cái, chiếc) Category:Vietnamese nouns classified by cáiCategory:Vietnamese nouns classified by chiếcmóng • (夢, 𤔻, 𲄌, 朦)Category:Vietnamese lemmas#MONG%25Category:Vietnamese nouns#MONG%25Category:Vietnamese entries with incorrect language header#MONG%25Category:Pages with entries#MÓNGCategory:Pages with 2 entries#MÓNG

1. (anatomyCategory:vi:Anatomy#MONG%25, of a primate) nail
2. (anatomyCategory:vi:Anatomy#MONG%25, of a non-primate animal) claw, talon or hoof

   móng ngựa ― a horse hoof; a horseshoeCategory:Vietnamese terms with usage examples#MONG%25

   vành móng ngựa ― a platform with a fence that curves like a horseshoe in a courtroom, where the defendant is supposed to standCategory:Vietnamese terms with usage examples#MONG%25

3. (engineeringCategory:vi:Engineering#MONG%25) foundation

   nền móng ― (literal) the floor and the foundation; (figurative) a foundation (that upon which anything is founded)Category:Vietnamese terms with usage examples#MONG%25

   cá đớp móng ― fish breaking the water surface to gasp airCategory:Vietnamese terms with usage examples#MONG%25