vật

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Vietnamese[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Sino-Vietnamese word from (thing).

Noun[edit]

vật

  1. thing; object
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Etymology 2[edit]

From Middle Vietnamese ꞗật, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *kpət (to struggle). Cognate with Muong Bi pât, Central Nicobarese [Nancowry] kapôt (to wrestle), Mon ကဝိုတ် (kəwɒt, to wrestle).

Verb[edit]

vật (, , 𢪥, 𢪱)

  1. to wrestle
  2. to shake violently
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