thốt nốt

Vietnamese

Etymology

Both thốt and nốt may be loans from a Khmuic language (compare thốt with Khmu /tuːt/ (tree)). From Proto-Mon-Khmer *tn(oo)t (“sugar palm”); compare Khmer ត្នោត (tnaot).

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [tʰot̚˧˦ not̚˧˦]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [tʰok̚˦˧˥ nok̚˦˧˥]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [tʰok̚˦˥ nok̚˦˥]

Noun

(classifier cây) thốt nốt

sugar palm, palmyra palm, wine palm

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