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Muong
Etymology
From Chinese 木 (MC muwk). As the high register tone indicates, this word was likely borrowed from a pre-Middle Chinese form when the preinitial was still retained, compare nhúc (“meat”).
Pronunciation
Noun
mốc
- (Mường Bi) ladle
- Synonym: thìa
References
- Nguyễn Văn Khang, Bùi Chỉ, Hoàng Văn Hành (2002) Từ điển Mường - Việt (Muong - Vietnamese dictionary), Nhà xuất bản Văn hoá Dân tộc Hà Nội
Vietnamese
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Proto-Mon-Khmer *ɓuk ~ *kɓuk (“rotten, mouldy”); cognate with Khmer ពុក (puk, “rotten”), Bahnar bŭk (“rotten”). Related to mục.
Noun
mốc • (木, 沐)
- mould
Adjective
mốc • (木, 沐)
- mouldy
See also
Etymology 2
Noun
mốc • (木)
- boundary marker; landmark
- (figurative) landmark event; milestone
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