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Vietnamese
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
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This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Shorto (2009) mentions Mon ထကိတ် (“dysentery”) but it is the only comparandum there and I don't know of any other probable cognate either.”
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Noun
kiết • (結)
- (pathology) dysentery
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Etymology 2
Sino-Vietnamese word from 拮 (“poor”).
Adjective
kiết
- poor, short of money, penniless
- stingy, miserly
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