nọc
Vietnamese edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [nawk͡p̚˧˨ʔ]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [nawk͡p̚˨˩ʔ]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [nawk͡p̚˨˩˨]
Etymology 1 edit
From Proto-Vietic *nɔːk (“stinger (of insect); venom”). Possibly related to chọc (“to prick, to puncture”) (Alves, 2015) through an infixed form.
Attested with the meaning "stinger" (Portuguese ferrão, Latin aculeus) in Middle Vietnamese in the Dictionarium Annamiticum Lusitanum et Latinum.
Noun edit
- venom
- nọc ong/rắn ― bee/hornet/snake venom
- lấy nọc rắn ― to milk a snake
See also edit
Derived terms
Etymology 2 edit
Equivalent to the noun derivative of chọc (“to poke; to thrust”). Derived from the same verb as of etymology 1.
Noun edit
(classifier cái, cây) nọc • (𣕬)
Etymology 3 edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “from sense 'stake'?”)
Adjective edit
nọc