bóng

Etymology 1
From.

Noun

 * 1) a ball

Etymology 2
From ; cognate with 🇨🇬 [Cuối Chăm] pɒːŋ³, 🇨🇬 [Rục] pɔːŋ³, and 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) shadow, shade
 * 2) reflection
 * 1) reflection

Adjective

 * 1) shiny

Noun

 * 1)  female occultist, shamaness
 * 2) * 19th century, Emperor,  (嗣德聖製字學解義歌 "Emperor Tự Đức's sagely study of character creation and interpretation song"), vol. V, 16b

Etymology 4
Possibly from the etymology above, through the semantic development path of "female occultist, shamaness > weirdo > homosexual". See also the adjectival sense of.

For a parallel, compare.

Adjective

 * 1)  homosexual