xôi

Etymology
Ferlus (2007) reconstructed, with cognates in the Pong group like Toum soːj¹ and Liha saoj¹, but this is obviously a faulty reconstruction, as simplex initial would yield  in Vietnamese, never remains.

Ferlus (2007) reconstructed other items with, which yields in both modern Vietnamese and Pong lects (< Proto-Pong *s-), compare Vietnamese  vs. Toum sɔː³, Vietnamese  vs. Phong siɛŋ¹; so the reconstruction could possibly be amended to *tʃoːj instead.

Noun

 * 1) steamed glutinous rice
 * 2)  chest, breast, bosom
 * 1)  chest, breast, bosom
 * 1)  chest, breast, bosom

Verb

 * 1) to gleam, to glow