kiết

See also: kiét and Kiệt

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [kiət̚˧˦]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [kiək̚˦˧˥]
(Saigon) IPA^(key): [kiək̚˦˥]

Etymology 1

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Shorto (2009) mentions Mon ထကိတ် (“dysentery”) but it is the only comparandum there and I don't know of any other probable cognate either.”

Noun

kiết • (結)

(pathology) dysentery

Derived terms

kiết lị (“dysentery”)
đi kiết (“to have dysentery”)
kiết bạch (“dysentery with diarrhoea that becomes white with mucus”)
kiết máu (“dysentery with blood in the stools”)
táo kiết (“constipation”)

Etymology 2

Sino-Vietnamese word from 拮 (“poor”).

Adjective

kiết

poor, short of money, penniless
stingy, miserly

Derived terms

kiết cú (“indigent, poor, penniless”)
kiết xác (“very poor, destitute”)
keo kiết (“stingy, miserly”)