ướp

Vietnamese

Etymology

Borrowed from Tai, compare Proto-Tai *ʔɯǝpᴰ (“to salt”).

Pronunciation

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

Verb

ướp • (押, 浥)

  1. (cooking) to salt meat or fish with salt or nước mắm, or to further spice them up with other spices or condiments
  2. to embalm

Derived terms

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