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Vietnamese
Etymology
From Middle Vietnamese 𤝞 (chuọt, “mouse”), from Proto-Vietic *k-ɟɔːt. Cognate with Arem kaɟuət. See also Khmer ជូត (cuut, “Year of the Rat”) (whence also Thai ชวด (chûuat) through Old Khmer), which is a loan from a Vietic language.
For the "biceps" sense, compare the parallels in Latin mūsculus (“muscle”, literally “little mouse”) and Ancient Greek μῦς (mûs, “mouse; muscle”).
The computing sense is a semantic loan from English mouse.
Pronunciation
Noun
(classifier con) chuột • (𤝞)
- murid, rodent in the family Muridae
- Hyponyms: chuột nhắt (“mouse”), chuột cống (“rat”)
- bẫy chuột ― trap to catch rats or mice
- (in compounds) rat-like animal
- Hyponyms: chuột đồng (“vole”), chuột chù (“shrew”), chuột chũi (“mole”), chuột túi (“kangaroo”)
- (anatomy, colloquial) biceps
- (electrical engineering, of a fluorescent light set) a starter
- (computer hardware) a mouse
Derived terms