vật

See also: Appendix:Variations of "vat"

Vietnamese

Pronunciation
  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [vət̚˧˨ʔ]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [vək̚˨˩ʔ]
  • (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [vək̚˨˩˨] ~ [jək̚˨˩˨]
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Etymology 1

Sino-Vietnamese word from 物 (“thing”).

Noun

vật

  1. thing; object
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Etymology 2

From Middle Vietnamese ꞗật, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *kpət (“to struggle”). Cognate with Muong Bi pât, Central Nicobarese [Nancowry] kapôt (“to wrestle”), Mon ကဝိုတ် (kəwɒt, “to wrestle”).

Verb

vật • (勿, 沕, 𢪥, 𢪱)

  1. to wrestle
  2. to shake violently
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