đốt

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɗot̚˧˦]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɗok̚˦˧˥]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ʔɗok̚˦˥]

From Proto-Vietic *tuːc (“to light”), from Proto-Mon-Khmer *t₁ut ~ *t₁uut ~ *t₁uc ~ *t₁uuc (“to light”). Cognate with Muong tốch, Khmer ដុត (dot, “to set light to, burn, grill”), Khasi thuit (“to catch fire”), Semai tòòt (“to burn, set light”).

đốt • (炪, 焠, 㷝, 𤋿, 㤕)

1. (transitive) to set fire to; to set ablaze; to ignite

   đốt nhà ― to set a house on fire

• đốt must involve fire. For burns on people and animals due to hotness alone, such as boiling water, use bỏng instead.

• cháy (“to burn, to be burnt”) (chiefly intransitive)

From Proto-Vietic *toːc (“to bite (snake), to sting”).

đốt • (焠, 󱦭)

1. (transitive, Northern Vietnam, Central Vietnam, of an insect) to sting

   Synonyms: chích, châm

   bị ong đốt ― be stung by bees

From Proto-Vietic *tuːc (“inter-node”). Cognate with Arem utʊːt. Compare Proto-Katuic *toot, *ʔatoot (“joint, internode”) (whence Pacoh atout).

đốt • (炪, 咄, 焠, 󱢞)

1. a joint; segment; internode