đẹt

See also: Appendix:Variations of "det"

Vietnamese edit

Etymology edit

Probably borrowed from another Vietic language, compare Muong Bi đét (“small; child”). The Proto-Vietic form (*ɗɛːt) would regularly give *nét, not đẹt.

Pronunciation edit

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɗɛt̚˧˨ʔ]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɗɛt̚˨˩ʔ]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ʔɗɛk̚˨˩˨]

Adjective edit

đẹt • (姪, 𫯇)

(somewhat offensive) having short, small stature; dwarfish