tếch

Cognate with Vietnamese đứt.

• IPA^(key): /tec⁶/

tếch

1. (Mường Bi) to break; to be cut off

   tếch thay ― to have a cut on one's hand

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [təjk̟̚˧˦]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [tet̚˦˧˥]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [təːt̚˦˥]

Borrowed from French teck, from Portuguese teca, from Malayalam തേക്കു് (tēkkŭŭ) or Tamil தேக்கு (tēkku).

(classifier cây) tếch • (棤)

1. teak

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

tếch

1. (nautical, obsolete) aft (toward the stern of a boat)

   Antonym: bồng

2. (by extension, obsolete) stern of a boat

   Synonyms: đuôi, lái

• The nautical senses, like its counterpart bồng, are pretty much obsolete and nowadays can only be found in idioms such as nặng bồng nhẹ tếch.

Compare Vietnamese tích as in mồng tích.

tếch

1. cock's wattle (usually referring to wattles hanging under cock's ear)

Compare Vietnamese tách.

tếch

1. to bail out; to exist quickly

   Synonym: chuồn

2. to depart

   Vì cơ thương cẩu, lang quân tếch ngàn ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)