Definition

1. Noun:
   • Young rice ear, rice spikelet in early formation stage: "đòng" refers specifically to the young, developing ear or panicle of a rice plant, before it fully matures and flowers.
   • (Archaic) Lance, spear: An archaic, literary term for a type of long spear or lance.

Usage Examples

• Noun (Young rice ear):

  • Lúa đang thì con gái, bắt đầu trổ đòng. (The rice is in its youth stage, beginning to produce young ears.)
  • Những cây lúa trĩu nặng những đòng non. (The rice plants are heavy with young panicles.)

• Noun (Archaic: Lance):

  • Tay lăm lăm ngọn đòng, tướng quân xông thẳng vào trận. (Grasping the lance firmly, the general charged straight into the battle.) [Literary/Archaic usage]

Advanced Usage

• "đòng đòng": This is a common reduplicative form that emphasizes the state of being in the young ear stage. It is often used interchangeably with "đòng" in agricultural contexts.
  • Cánh đồng lúa xanh mướt đòng đòng. (The rice field is lush green with young ears forming.)

Variants and Related Words

• Đòng đòng (n): Reduplicative form of "đòng", meaning young rice ears.
• Trổ đòng (v): A compound verb meaning "to start producing young rice ears".
  • Lúa trổ đòng là giai đoạn quan trọng. (Rice producing young ears is a crucial stage.)
• Làm đòng (v): A compound verb meaning "to form young rice ears".
  • Thời tiết thuận lợi giúp lúa làm đòng tốt. (Favorable weather helps rice form ears well.)

Synonyms

• Bông lúa non: Young rice ear/panicle (more descriptive synonym).
• Giáo (n): Spear, lance (common synonym for the weapon).

Notes on Meaning

• The primary and most common contemporary meaning of "đòng" is agricultural, referring to the young rice ear.
• The meaning of "lance" is archaic and is rarely used in modern everyday language. It is found in classical literature, historical texts, or poetic contexts.
• The word is frequently seen in its reduplicated form "đòng đòng", which carries the same core meaning related to rice.

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