Vietnamese

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Etymology

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Cognate with Chut [Mày] patĭŋ³ (Babaev & Samarina, 2018).

Formally, this looks like a causative prefixed (Proto-Vietic prefix *pr- ~ *p-) derivative of a root. This root is probably of Sinitic origin and related to the modern Sino-Vietnamese morpheme định (), i.e. "to make fixed" or "to cause to be fixed". Another possibility is that the root is related to đính () instead.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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dính (, , 𬗀, , , , )

  1. to stick; to glue
  2. (colloquial) to be involved in

Adjective

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dính (, , 𬗀, , , , )

  1. sticky; gluey

Derived terms

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