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Vietnamese
Etymology
From Proto-Vietic *ʔoːk (“snail”). Cognate with Tho ʔɔːk⁷.
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Noun
(classifier con) ốc • (沃, 屋, 𧎜, 喔)
- an animal, especially a mollusk, with a spiral shell
- ốc sên ― a land snail
- ốc mượn hồn ― a hermit crab
- ốc anh vũ ― a nautilus
18th–19th century, Hồ Xuân Hương (胡春香), “Vịnh ốc nhồi (詠屋𧋆)”, in John Balaban, transl., Spring Essence: The Poetry of Hồ Xuân Hương, Copper Canyon Press (book), also hosted by Nôm Foundation (online), published 2000:博媄生𫥨分屋𧋆
𣎀𣈜粦𨀎盎𦹵灰- Bác mẹ sinh ra phận ốc nhồi,
Đêm ngày lăn lóc đám cỏ hôi - Fate and my parents shaped me like a snail,
day and night wandering marsh weeds that smell foul.
- (by extension) a nut (that fits on a bolt)
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