quật

See also: quat, quất, quặt, quạt, and quat'

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [kwət̚˧˨ʔ]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [kwək̚˨˩ʔ]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [wək̚˨˩˨]

Etymology 1

Sino-Vietnamese word from 掘.

Verb

quật

(only in compounds) to dig up, to disinter

Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Proto-Mon-Khmer *kwit ~ *kwiət ~ *kwət (“to beat”); cognates include Khasi khyrwit (“to beat with stick”), kyrwit (“to beat”), kawiat (“to beat with something small”).

Verb

quật (phonemic reduplicative quần quật)

to beat; to lash; to whip

Related terms

quất (“to whip”)

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