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Etymology
From Proto-Tai *ɓetᴰ (“fishhook”). Cognate with Northern Thai ᨷᩮᩢ᩠ᨯ, Lao ເບັດ (bet), Lü ᦵᦢᧆ (ḃed), Tai Dam ꪹꪚꪸꪒ, Shan မဵတ်း (máet) or ဝဵတ်း (wáet), Ahom 𑜈𑜢𑜄𑜫 (bit), Thai เบ็ด (bèt). Compare Proto-Austronesian *kabit (“hook”) (whence Kulon-Pazeh kabit).
Pronunciation
Noun
(classifiers mạc or pác) bết (鈈)
- fishhook
- bết chà ― system of ropes filled with lines of hooks, supported by floats
Verb
bết
- to hook; to fish
- pác bết ― fishing hook
- xai bết ― fishing rod
- pót bết ― fishing buoy
- hước bết ― languet
- bết boóc ― reel line
- tức bết pja ― to go fishing
References
- Lương Bèn (2011) Từ điển Tày-Việt (in Vietnamese), Thái Nguyên: Nhà Xuất bản Đại học Thái Nguyên
- Lục Văn Pảo, Hoàng Tuấn Nam (2003) Hoàng Triều Ân, editor, Từ điển chữ Nôm Tày (in Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Khoa học Xã hội
- Léopold Michel Cadière (1910) Dictionnaire Tày-Annamite-Français (in French), Hanoi: Impressions d'Extrême-Orient
Vietnamese
Pronunciation
Verb
bết • (𡌀)
- to be soiled, to be smeared
Áo bết bột giặt kìa.- There's washing powder stuck on your shirt.
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