mắt

See also: Appendix:Variations of "mat"

Vietnamese

Etymology

From Proto-Vietic *mat, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *mat. Akin to Muong [Hòa Bình] mặt, Old Mon mɔt (modern Mon မတ် (mòt)), Bahnar măt, Pacoh mát, Khasi 'mat/khmat, Khmu /mat/, Mang /mat⁷/, Car Nicobarese mat; cognates ouside Mon-Khmer include Santali ᱢᱮᱫ (met’). Compare Proto-Austronesian *maCa (Malay mata), Proto-Tai *p.taːᴬ (Thai ตา (dtaa)), Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-mjak ~ s-mik (Chinese 目 (mù < OC *C.muk), Tibetan མིག (mig)).

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [mat̚˧˦]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [mak̚˦˧˥]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [mak̚˦˥]
Homophone: mắc (Southern Vietnam)

Noun

(classifier con) mắt (眜, 𥉴)

(anatomy) an eye
nước mắt
tear
a knot (in wood); a joint; a node
a mesh; a link (in chain, net)

Derived terms

Derived terms

coi mắt
mắt nối

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