Vietnamese

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Sino-Vietnamese word from (thing).

Noun

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vật

  1. thing; object
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Etymology 2

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From Middle Vietnamese ꞗật, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *kpət (to struggle). Cognate with Muong Bi pât, Central Nicobarese [Nancowry] kapôt (to wrestle), Mon ကဝိုတ် (kəwɒt, to wrestle).

Verb

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vật (, , 𢪥, 𢪱)

  1. to wrestle
  2. to shake violently
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