con nít
Vietnamese edit
Etymology edit
con (“child”) + nít (“small (of a child)”); the second element is from Proto-Vietic *ɗiːt (“small”), from Proto-Mon-Khmer *kɗit ~ *kɗiit ~ *kɗiət. Cognate with Riang [Lang] kᵊndiət² ("small"), Khasi khyndiat (“few, little”), Mon ဍောတ်.
Pronunciation edit
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [kɔn˧˧ nit̚˧˦]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [kɔŋ˧˧ nit̚˦˧˥]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [kɔŋ˧˧ nɨt̚˦˥]
Noun edit
- (Central Vietnam, Southern Vietnam) small child, kid
- 1957, Đoàn Giỏi, chapter 3, in Đất rừng phương Nam, Kim Đồng:
- Con nít ở đây đều nếm mùi thịt rắn từ hồi còn trong bụng mẹ.
- The kids around here get a taste for snake meat from when still inside their mothers' bellies.
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