Mường

See also: Muong, muông, and muỗng

Vietnamese

Etymology

Borrowed from a Tai language. Compare mường (“mountain village”), Muong mường (“Mường; village; mountain village”), Lao ເມືອງ (mư̄ang), Lü ᦵᦙᦲ (moe), ᨾᩮᩥ᩠ᨦ, Shan မိူင်း (móeng), Tai Dam ꪹꪣꪉ (mứang), Thai เมือง (mʉʉang).

Although this word has become a commonly used ethnonym, in many places, Mường people still refer to themselves by the endonym Mõl (“human being”) (or a variant of the word).

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [mɨəŋ˨˩]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [mɨəŋ˦˩]
(Saigon) IPA^(key): [mɨəŋ˨˩]
Homophone: mường

Proper noun

Mường • (𤞽, 䅒)

the Muong people, a minority ethnic group in mountainous regions of Vietnam
tiếng Mường ― the Muong language
- 1804, w:vi:Phạm Thái, Sơ kính tân trang (梳鏡新妝):
  𠲢𠰷喠土知誅㗂𤞽
  Líu lo giọng Thổ, tri trô tiếng Mường.
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Descendants

English: Muong
Japanese: ムオン