gút

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ɣut̚˧˦]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ɣʊk̚˦˧˥]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ɣʊk͡p̚˦˥]

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French goutte.

Noun

gút

1. (pathology) gout

Etymology 2

From Proto-Mon-Khmer *(c)kuut ~ *(c)kuət ~ *(c)kət ~ *(c)kat (“to tie; to knot”); cognate with Khmer កួច (kuəc, “to knot”), Mon ဒကတ် (həkɔt, “to knot”).

Noun

gút

1. Synonym of gùn (“small lump (on cloth)”)
2. (dialectal) Synonym of nút (“knot”)