ít

See also: Appendix:Variations of "it"

Vietnamese

Etymology

From Proto-Vietic *ʔiːt, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *ʔit ~ *ʔiit ~ *ʔiət (Shorto 2006, #939), cognate with Muong ét, Western Lawa ʔɛt, Phong-Kniang ʔeːt, Koho it (“little”) and possibly Khmer អាត់ (ʼat, “small, tiny”). Compare ét.

Compare Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ʔit (“one”), which gave rise to Chinese 一 (OC *ʔi[t], “one”) (B-S), Chepang यात् (yat, “one”).

Pronunciation

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

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Determiner

ít • (乙, 𠃣, 󱙂)

1. few, little

   Antonym: nhiều

Derived terms

• ít có
• ít khi
• ít nói
• ít ỏi (từ láy)
• một ít

Anagrams

• tí