guột

Vietnamese

Etymology

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 蕨 (“bracken”, SV: quyết). Compare Old Chinese 蕨 (OC *Cə.kot) (B-S) and Proto-Tai *kuːtᴰ (> Thai กูด (gùut)).

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ɣuət̚˧˨ʔ]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ɣuək̚˨˩ʔ]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ɣuək̚˨˩˨]

Noun

(classifier cây) guột

1. kind of fern

   Synonym: cỏ tế

   Near-synonyms: dương xỉ, giàng giàng