mốc

See also: Appendix:Variations of "moc"

Muong

Etymology

From Chinese 木 (MC muwk). As the high register tone indicates, this word was likely borrowed from a pre-Middle Chinese form when the preinitial was still retained, compare nhúc (“meat”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mok⁶/

Noun

mốc

  1. (Mường Bi) ladle
    Synonym: thìa

References

  • Nguyễn Văn Khang, Bùi Chỉ, Hoàng Văn Hành (2002) Từ điển Mường - Việt (Muong - Vietnamese dictionary)‎[1], Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Văn hoá Dân tộc Hà Nội.

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

From Proto-Mon-Khmer *ɓuk ~ *kɓuk (“rotten, mouldy”).

Cognate with Khmer ពុក (puk, “rotten”), Bahnar bŭk (“rotten”).

Related to mục.

Noun

mốc • (木, 沐)

  1. mould

Adjective

mốc • (木, 沐)

  1. mouldy

See also

Etymology 2

Noun

mốc • (木)

  1. boundary marker; landmark
  2. (figurative) landmark event; milestone
Derived terms
  • cột mốc
  • mốc giới

Anagrams

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