mục

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See also: muc, MUC, múc, Muć, mực, and Mực

Tày

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Proto-Tai *muːkᴰ (“mucus of the nose”). Cognate with Lao ມູກ (mūk), Shan မုၵ်ႈ (mūk), Zhuang mug, Thai มูก (mûuk).

Noun

mục

  1. nasal mucus; snot
    mục ruê ― runny nose
    fứ mục ― to blow one's nose

Etymology 2

Noun

mục

  1. dust
    đin mục ― dusty soil

References

  • Hoàng Văn Ma, Lục Văn Pảo, Hoàng Chí (2006) Từ điển Tày-Nùng-Việt [Tay-Nung-Vietnamese dictionary] (in Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Từ điển Bách khoa Hà Nội
  • Lương Bèn (2011) Từ điển Tày-Việt [Tay-Vietnamese dictionary]‎ (in Vietnamese), Thái Nguyên: Nhà Xuất bản Đại học Thái Nguyên
  • Lục Văn Pảo, Hoàng Tuấn Nam (2003) Hoàng Triều Ân, editor, Từ điển chữ Nôm Tày [A Dictionary of (chữ) Nôm Tày]‎ (in Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Khoa học Xã hội

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Proto-Mon-Khmer *ɓuk ~ *kɓuk (“rotten, mouldy”); cognate with Khmer ពុក (puk, “rotten”), Bahnar bŭk (“rotten”), Proto-Katuic *ʔaɓuk (“rotten”). Related to mốc.

Adjective

mục • (木)

  1. rotten, decaying, decayed
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Etymology 2

Sino-Vietnamese word from 目. The go sense is an orthographic borrowing from Japanese 目 (me).

Noun

mục

  1. (listing) an item
    mục 1 ― item 1
  2. (lexicography) an entry
    mục từ ― an entry
  3. (go) an eye
    thắng 3 mục ― to win by 3 eyes

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Etymology 3

Share similarity with Chinese 六 (MC ljuwk) but the initial can not be explained.

Numeral

mục

  1. (probably obsolete, chiefly pig traders' cant) six

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(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)

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