vuốt

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [vuət̚˧˦]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [vuək̚˦˧˥]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [vʲuək̚˦˥]

Etymology 1

Noun

vuốt

claw

Etymology 2

From Proto-Vietic *c-pɔt, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *puut ~ *puət (“to rub, to stroke”); cognate with Khmer ពួត (puət, “to rub”) and Khmer ច្បូត (cbout, “to caress”).

Verb

vuốt (𢴩)

to caress, to stroke (as in "to stroke a dog's head")

Derived terms

vuốt ve (“to caress”)

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