tuốt

Vietnamese

Etymology

The undiphthongized form tót is attested in Dictionarium Anamitico-Latinum (1838), glossed as exerere.

Compare Proto-Katuic *sɔɔt (“to strip rice from stalk”) (whence Pacoh xot), Khmu [Cuang] hɔːt ("to harvest").

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [tuət̚˧˦]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [tuək̚˦˧˥]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [tuək̚˦˥]

Verb

tuốt • (捽, 掇)

1. to detach
2. to unsheathe
3. to whittle, to sharpen

Derived terms

Derived terms

• tuốt luốt
• tuốt tuồn tuột