ướp

Vietnamese

Etymology

Borrowed from Tai, compare Proto-Tai *ʔɯǝpᴰ (“to salt”).

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɨəp̚˧˦]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɨəp̚˦˧˥]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ʔɨəp̚˦˥]

Verb

ướp • (押, 浥)

1. (cooking) to salt meat or fish with salt or nước mắm, or to further spice them up with other spices or condiments
2. to embalm

Derived terms

Derived terms

• tẩm ướp
• ướp xác
• xác ướp