riết

Vietnamese

Etymology

From Proto-Mon-Khmer *ruut ~ *ruət ~ *rət ~ *rat ~ *rit ~ *riit ~ *riət (“to tighten, constrict”); cognate with Pacoh reit (“to tighten, pull tight”), Koho riit (“to tighten”), Khmer រួត (ruət) and រឹត (rɨt).

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ziət̚˧ˀ˦]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [ʐiək̚˦˥]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ɹiək̚˦ˀ˥]

Verb

riết

to pull tight, to tighten

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