vịt

See also: vit, vít, vît, and Vít

Vietnamese

Etymology

From Middle Vietnamese 鴨 (uịt), from Proto-Vietic *viːt. Compare Proto-Tai *pitᴰ (“duck”).

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [vit̚˧˨ʔ]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [vit̚˨˩ʔ]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [vʲɨ̞̠t̚˨˩˨]
Homophone: dịch

Noun

(classifier con) vịt (鴨, 𩿠, 𪆧)

duck
drake

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