vẹo
See also: veo, véo, and vêo
Vietnamese
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [vɛw˧˨ʔ]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [vɛw˨˩ʔ]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [vɛw˨˩˨] ~ [jɛw˨˩˨]
Etymology 1
From Austronesian. Compare Malay ribu (“thousand”), Eastern Cham ribau, rabau (“thousand”). Also borrowed from the same source are Bahnar rơbâu (“thousand”), Koho röböu (“hundred thousand”).
The meaning in Dictionarium Anamitico-Latinum (1838) is defined as "one million", but in Như Tây nhựt trình (1889), it clearly means "one hundred thousand".
Numeral
vẹo • (表)
- (obsolete) a hundred thousand
- một vẹo ― one hundred thousand
Adjective
vẹo • (挑, 表, 𣍅, 𩬆)
- twisted; crooked; deviated; tilted
See also
Derived terms
- vặn vẹo
- vẹo vọ
- xiêu vẹo