vật
See also: Appendix:Variations of "vat"
Vietnamese edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [vət̚˧˨ʔ]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [vək̚˨˩ʔ]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [vək̚˨˩˨] ~ [jək̚˨˩˨]
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Etymology 1 edit
Sino-Vietnamese word from 物 (“thing”).
Noun edit
vật
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Etymology 2 edit
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 edit
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