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Irish
Etymology
Onomatopoeic.
Pronunciation
Noun
vác m (genitive singular vác, nominative plural vácanna)
- quack!
Declension
Related terms
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “vác”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “vác” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- “quack”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
Vietnamese
Etymology
Probably a loanword from a neighboring Austroasiatic language, potentially even from a Vietic language.
Compare Toum baːk⁷ ("to carry on shoulder"), Puoc beːk, Khasi bah (“to carry on one's back, to bear”), Pacoh báq (“to carry slung under one shoulder”), Kensiu baʔ ("to carry child in a cloth on one's back"), Oy baʔ ("to carry on back"). Khasian, Bahnaric, Katuic and other Vietic languages all point to the implosive *ɓ-, from which the Vietnamese form cannot be derived from through regular sound changes (the expected form would be *mác instead).
Compare also Jingpho bà' (“carry a child on the back”), Chinese 負 (OC *əʔ) (B-S), Rawang baq (“to carry on back or shoulder”).
Pronunciation
Verb
vác • (博, 搏, 𦠰, 𫆶)
- to carry (on shoulder)
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