mắt

See also: Appendix:Variations of "mat"

Muong

Etymology

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Particularly: “No known origin that I am aware of. This word shows up exclusively in the various Muong lects and has no cognate either in Vietnamese nor other Vietic languages.”

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mat⁶/

Verb

mắt

(Mường Bi) to know
Synonym: hay

References

Nguyễn Văn Khang, Bùi Chỉ, Hoàng Văn Hành (2002) Từ điển Mường - Việt (Muong - Vietnamese dictionary)‎^[1], Nhà xuất bản Văn hoá Dân tộc Hà Nội

Vietnamese

Etymology

From Proto-Vietic *mat, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *mat. Akin to Muong Bi măt, Old Mon mɔt (modern Mon မတ်), Bahnar măt, Pacoh mát, Khasi 'mat/khmat, Khmu mat, Mang mat⁷, Car Nicobarese mat, Santali ᱢᱮᱫ (met’).

Compare also Proto-Austronesian *maCa (Malay mata), Proto-Tai *p.taːᴬ (Thai ตา (dtaa)), Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-mjak ~ s-mik (Chinese 目 (mù) (mù < OC *C.muk), Tibetan མིག (mig)).

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [mat̚˧˦]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [mak̚˦˧˥]
(Saigon) IPA^(key): [mak̚˦˥]
Homophone: mắc (Southern Vietnam)

Noun

(classifier con) mắt • (末, 眜, 𬑉, 𥉴, 𪾺)

(anatomy) an eye
nước mắt ― tear
a knot (in wood); a joint; a node
a mesh; a link (in chain, net)