mục

See also: muc, MUC, múc, Muć, mực, and Mực

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [mʊwk͡p̚˧˨ʔ]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [mʊwk͡p̚˨˩ʔ]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [mʊwk͡p̚˨˩˨]

Etymology 1

From Proto-Mon-Khmer *ɓuk ~ *kɓuk (“rotten, mouldy”); cognate with Khmer ពុក (puk, “rotten”), Bahnar bŭk (“rotten”), proto-Katuic *ʔaɓuk ("rotten"). Related to mốc.

Adjective

mục (fully reduplicated form mùng mục)

rotten, decaying, decayed

Derived terms

Terms derived from mục

mục nát

mục ruỗng

Etymology 2

Sino-Vietnamese word from 目 (“item, entry”).

Noun

mục

item

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