cụt

Vietnamese

Etymology

From Proto-Mon-Khmer *sguut ~ *sgat ~ *(s)gət (“to be cut short, to cut”); cognate with Arem [kùːt] ("to chop, to cut short"), Old Mon sgūt (“to be interrupted, cut short”), Khmer ស្កាត់ (skat, “to interrupt, to take a short cut”) and Khasi kut (“to come to an end”).

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [kut̚˧˨ʔ]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [kʊk̚˨˩ʔ]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [kʊk͡p̚˨˩˨]
Homophone: cục

Adjective

cụt (𡭕)

cut off; shortened
cụt chân ― crippled
(geometry) being a frustum

Derived terms

chim cánh cụt
cụt hứng
cụt lủn
cụt ngủn
đuôi cụt

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