đẹt

See also: Appendix:Variations of "det"

Vietnamese

Etymology

Probably borrowed from another Vietic language, compare Muong Bi đét (“small; child”). The Proto-Vietic form (*ɗɛːt) would regularly give *nét, not đẹt.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɗɛt̚˧˨ʔ]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɗɛt̚˨˩ʔ]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ʔɗɛk̚˨˩˨]

Adjective

đẹt • (姪, 𫯇)

1. (somewhat offensive) having short, small stature; dwarfish