mụ

Vietnamese

Etymology

From Proto-Vietic *muːʔ. Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 姥 (SV: mỗ).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

mụ • (媒, 姥)

1. (North Central Vietnam) grandmother

   Mụ cào ló trửa cươi.

   Grandma is raking the rice-seeds in the yard.

2. (derogatory in the mainstream dialects) an old woman

Pronoun

mụ • (媒, 姥)

1. (to an old woman, derogatory in the mainstream dialects) she/her