tuốt

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [tuət̚˧˦]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [tuək̚˦˧˥]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [tuək̚˦˥]

Etymology 1

The undiphthongized form tót is attested in Dictionarium Anamitico-Latinum (1838), glossed as Latin exerere.

Compare Proto-Katuic *sɔɔt (“to strip rice from stalk”) (whence Pacoh xot), Khmu [Cuang] hɔːt ("to harvest").

Verb

tuốt • (捽, 掇)

  1. to detach
  2. to unsheathe
  3. to whittle, to sharpen

Etymology 2

Adverb

tuốt

  1. (colloquial) straight; all the way
    kéo tuốt ra đồng thả diều ― to rush all the way to the field and fly kites
  2. (colloquial) altogether
    chia đều như nhau tuốt ― to have one's share completely even
Derived terms
  • tuốt luốt
  • tuốt tuồn tuột
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