vịt

See also: vit, vít, vît, and Vít

Vietnamese

Etymology

From Middle Vietnamese 鴨 (uịt), from Proto-Vietic *viːt. Alves (2015) suggests a Proto-Tai origin: compare Proto-Tai *pitᴰ, and also Proto-Hlai *ɓit, Proto-Ong-Be *ɓitD1.

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [vit̚˧˨ʔ]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [vit̚˨˩ʔ]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [vɨt̚˨˩˨] ~ [jɨt̚˨˩˨]
Homophone: dịch
Audio (Hồ Chí Minh City) (file)

Noun

(classifier con) vịt • (𬷲, 鴨, 𩿠, 𪆧)

a duck (aquatic bird of the family Anatidae)