vẹo

See also: veo, véo, and vêo

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [vɛw˧˨ʔ]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [vɛw˨˩ʔ]
(Saigon) IPA^(key): [vɛw˨˩˨] ~ [jɛw˨˩˨]

Etymology 1

From Austronesian. Compare Malay ribu (“thousand”), Eastern Cham ribau, rabau (“thousand”). Also borrowed from the same source are Bahnar rơbâu (“thousand”), Koho röböu (“hundred thousand”).

The meaning in Dictionarium Anamitico-Latinum (1838) is defined as "one million", but in Như Tây nhựt trình (1889), it clearly means "one hundred thousand".

This word seems to be a South Central-Southern item, while the Northern dialects chiefly used ức (億).

Numeral

vẹo • (表)

(obsolete) a hundred thousand
Synonym: ức

một vẹo ― one hundred thousand

Etymology 2

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Adjective

vẹo • (挑, 表, 𣍅, 𩬆)

twisted; crooked; deviated; tilted

Derived terms