Etymology

A reduplication of ཆུང ‎(chung).

Pronunciation

• Old Tibetan:
  • IPA^(key): /*t͡ɕʰuŋ.t͡ɕʰuŋ/ (reconstructed)
• Ü-Tsang
  • Tibetan Pinyin: quen^f-quen^f, qung^f-qung^f
  • (Lhasa) IPA^(key): /t͡ɕʰỹ˥˥.t͡ɕʰỹ˥˥/, /t͡ɕʰuŋ˥˥.t͡ɕʰuŋ˥˥/