quật
See also: quat, quất, quặt, quạt, and quat'
Vietnamese
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [kwət̚˧˨ʔ]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [kwək̚˨˩ʔ]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [wək̚˨˩˨]
Etymology 1
Sino-Vietnamese word from 掘.
Verb
quật
- (only in compounds) to dig up, to disinter
Derived terms
Derived terms
- khai quật
- quật khởi
Etymology 2
From Proto-Mon-Khmer *kwit ~ *kwiət ~ *kwət (“to beat”); cognates include Khasi khyrwit (“to beat with stick”), kyrwit (“to beat”), kawiat (“to beat with something small”).
Verb
quật (phonemic reduplicative quần quật)
- to beat; to lash; to whip
Related terms
- quất (“to whip”)