cục tác

Vietnamese

Etymology

From Proto-Vietic *k-taːk, from Proto-Austroasiatic *ktaat (“to cluck”), ultimately onomatopoeic. Cognates within Vietic include Muong [Hoà Bình] kuk⁸ taːk⁷, Tho [Cuối Chăm] kuk⁸ taːk⁷, Chut kutaːk⁷, and Arem kutæːk. Other cognates include Mon ကတတ် (“to cluck, cackle”), Nyah Kur [Northern] kǝták ("cackling (of a hen)"), Khmer ខ្តត (khtɑɑt, “to cluck, cackle”), Bahnar kơtak (“cluck, cackle”), Ngeq katoːc ("to crow; to cackle"), Semai kutok (“to cackle, cluck (of a hen)”), Cua takɔːt ("cackle of chicken").

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [kʊwk͡p̚˧˨ʔ taːk̚˧˦]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [kʊwk͡p̚˨˩ʔ taːk̚˦˧˥]
(Saigon) IPA^(key): [kʊwk͡p̚˨˩˨ taːk̚˦˥]

Interjection

cục tác

(onomatopoeia) cluck; cackle; bock

Synonyms

cục ta cục tác

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