mập

See also: map and MAP

Vietnamese

Etymology

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Particularly: “Probably from *məh (whence modern Vietnamese mỡ) with addded -m, -p, compare là > làm (“to do”), hí > híp (“to squint eyes”), mé > mép (“edge”), ngủ (“to sleep”) > ngủm (“to die”). For a semantic parallel, English fat is both an adjective and a noun. .”

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [məp̚˧˨ʔ]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [məp̚˨˩ʔ]
(Saigon) IPA^(key): [məp̚˨˩˨]

Adjective

mập • (䏜, 乏, 𥄫, 𦚖)

(Southern Vietnam) fat, obese, stout, plump
Synonyms: mập mạp, to béo, béo, bậm

Derived terms

References

Hồ Ngọc Đức, editor (2003), “mập”, in Việt–Việt‎^[1] (DICT), Leipzig: Free Vietnamese Dictionary Project (details), archived from the original on 12 November 2024