móng

Akin to Italian mungere, from Latin mulcere.

móng

1. to milk

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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.

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [mawŋ͡m˧˦]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [mawŋ͡m˦˧˥] ~ [mɔŋ˦˧˥]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [mawŋ͡m˦˥]

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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 ngựa ― a horse hoof; a horseshoe

   vành móng ngựa ― a 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 móng ― fish breaking the water surface to gasp air