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Vietnamese
Etymology
Attested as blẹt in the Dictionarium Annamiticum Lusitanum et Latinum (1651) (the ‹e› is simply due to de Rhodes's orthography, the vowel was , not ). Cognate with Vietnamese trệt.
This is one of the cases where medial -l- was lost. Compare Middle Vietnamese mlác (> mác), blỉu (> bỉu).
Pronunciation
Adverb
bệt • (別)
- sitting or lying flat or close to the ground, with little intervening as support
- cà phê bệt ― sitting plump on the ground and enjoying coffee