vẹo

See also: veo, véo, and vêo

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [vɛw˧˨ʔ]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [vɛw˨˩ʔ]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [vɛw˨˩˨] ~ [jɛw˨˩˨]

Etymology 1

From Austronesian. Compare Malay ribu (“thousand”), Eastern Cham ribau, rabau (“thousand”). Also borrowed from the same source are Bahnar rơbâu (“thousand”), Koho röböu (“hundred thousand”).

The meaning in Dictionarium Anamitico-Latinum (1838) is defined as "one million", but in Như Tây nhựt trình (1889), it clearly means "one hundred thousand".

This word seems to be a South Central-Southern item, while the Northern dialects chiefly used ức (億).

Numeral

vẹo • (表)

1. (obsolete) a hundred thousand

   Synonym: ức

   một vẹo ― one hundred thousand

Etymology 2

Adjective

vẹo • (挑, 表, 𣍅, 𩬆)

1. twisted; crooked; deviated; tilted

See also

Derived terms

• vặn vẹo
• vẹo vọ
• xiêu vẹo