vật
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See also: Appendix:Variations of "vat"
Vietnamese
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [vət̚˧˨ʔ]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [vək̚˨˩ʔ]
- (Saigon) IPA(key): [vək̚˨˩˨] ~ [jək̚˨˩˨]
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Etymology 1
[edit]Sino-Vietnamese word from 物 (“thing”).
Noun
[edit]vật
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[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]From Proto-Mon-Khmer *kpət (“to struggle”). Cognate with Muong Bi pât, Central Nicobarese [Nancowry] kapôt (“to wrestle”), Mon ကဝိုတ် (kəwɒt, “to wrestle”).
Attested as ꞗật in the Dictionarium Annamiticum Lusitanum et Latinum (1651)