quấn

See also: quan, quán, quàn, quân, quần, quǎn, quān, and quận

Vietnamese

Etymology

From Proto-Mon-Khmer *wən(ʔ) (“coiled, to wind, bend”); cognate with Khmer វៀន (viən, “to curl up”), Mon ဝေန် (wèn, “to be crooked, deformed”).

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [kwən˧˦]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [kwəŋ˦˧˥]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [wəŋ˦˥]

Verb

quấn • (捲, 𦄄, 𦄻)

1. to wind; to twine