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thốt nốt

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Vietnamese

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Etymology

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Shorto proposed that this may have been loaned from Khmu, by comparing its element thốt with Thin Khmu [script needed] (tŭt) & Yuan Khmu [script needed] (tu:t, plant, tree, trunk, stem);[1] however, Hoàng Xuân Việt (2006) proposes that this is from Khmer ត្នោត (tnaot).[2] Ultimately from Proto-Mon-Khmer *tn(oo)t ~ tnu(u)t (sugar palm); another cognate is Central Mnong tɒ:m no:t.[1]

The cluster-breaking mechanism, responsible for doublets like thằn lằn "(lizard") and trăn ("python")[3] (< *k-lən < *tlan (python)) might also have broken thốt nốt's proto-form's *tn- cluster as well.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(classifier cây) thốt nốt

  1. sugar palm, palmyra palm, wine palm

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 Shorto, H. A Mon-Khmer Comparative Dictionary, Ed. Paul Sidwell, 2006. #1019, p. 291
  2. ^ Hoàng Xuân Việt (2006) Tìm hiểu lịch sử chữ Quốc ngữ (in Vietnamese), Ho Chi Minh City: Nhà xuất bản Văn hoá Thông tin, page 217
  3. ^ Trần, Trọng Dương. "Decoding Quốc Âm Thi Tập's hexasyllabic lines from the historical-phonological approach" Hán-Nôm Journal. Vol. 1. 2013 (in Vietnamese).