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Muong
Etymology
Cognate with Vietnamese đứt.
Pronunciation
Verb
tếch
- (Mường Bi) to break; to be cut off
- tếch thay ― to have a cut on one's hand
Vietnamese
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Borrowed from French teck, from Portuguese teca, from Malayalam തേക്കു് (tēkkŭŭ) or Tamil தேக்கு (tēkku).
Noun
(classifier cây) tếch • (棤)
- teak
Etymology 2
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
tếch
- (nautical, obsolete) aft (toward the stern of a boat)
- Antonym: bồng
- (by extension, obsolete) stern of a boat
- Synonyms: đuôi, lái
Usage notes
- The nautical senses, like its counterpart bồng, are pretty much obsolete and nowadays can only be found in idioms such as nặng bồng nhẹ tếch.
Derived terms
Etymology 3
Compare Vietnamese tích as in mồng tích.
Noun
tếch
- cock's wattle (usually referring to wattles hanging under cock's ear)
Etymology 4
Compare Vietnamese tách.
Noun
tếch
- to bail out; to exist quickly
- Synonym: chuồn
- to depart
- Vì cơ thương cẩu, lang quân tếch ngàn ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)