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Vietnamese
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
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Particularly: “There're some intriguing Trans-Himalayan comparanda, most notably Tibetan ཁྱབ (khyab, “to become widespread, to pervade, to fill, to cover”) (its cognate Chinese 蓋 (OC *ˤap-s) is certainly not the source), but then the iconicity of this word shape and its spread all over the language families in the region makes it hard to be sure.”
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Adverb
khắp • (泣, 恰, 插, 𬩢, 掐)
- all over; throughout
Loài bướm này phân bố khắp châu Âu.- The species of this butterfly is distributed throughout Europe.
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Possibly from Sino-Tibetan, but both the initial and coda are hard to explain.
Alternative forms
Numeral
khắp
- (probably obsolete, chiefly pig traders' cant) seven
See also
(numerals in pig traders' cant) số đếm trong tiếng lóng lái lợn; chách (“one”), lái/nái (“two”), thâm (“three”), chớ (“four”), kẹo (“five”), mục (“six”), khắp/hấp (“seven”), bét (“eight”), khươm/khơm (“nine”), nạp/lạp (“ten”), (Category: vi:Numerals in pig traders' cant)