đút lót

Vietnamese

Etymology

đút (“to slide/slip”) +‎ lót (“to pad”), perhaps from the literal imagery of "slipping" (đút) money or money envelopes in an "underhand" (lót) way. There's also the phrase đút túi (“to pocket (money)”).

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɗut̚˧˦ lɔt̚˧˦]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɗʊk̚˦˧˥ lɔk̚˦˧˥]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ʔɗʊk͡p̚˦˥ lɔk̚˦˥]

Verb

đút lót

1. to bribe

   Synonym: đút