kếch

Muong

Etymology

From Proto-Vietic *kəc ~ *kɨc, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *ʔic ~ *ʔiə[c] ~ *ʔ[ə]c. Cognate with Vietnamese cứt (“shit”).

For the semantic development, compare Malay tahi besi, Javanese ꦠꦲꦶ (tai), Burmese သံချေး (samhkye:), Chepang खय (khəy), all mean "rust".

The original meaning was taken over by é, a cognate of Vietnamese ỉa (“to shit”), and is now both a verb and a noun.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kec⁵/

Adjective

kếch

1. (Mường Bi) rusted; rusty

References

• Nguyễn Văn Khang, Bùi Chỉ, Hoàng Văn Hành (2002) Từ điển Mường - Việt (Muong - Vietnamese dictionary), Nhà xuất bản Văn hoá Dân tộc Hà Nội

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

kếch

1. (colloquial) huge; enormous

Derived terms

• kếch xù