ít

See also: Appendix:Variations of "it"

Vietnamese

Etymology

From Proto-Vietic *ʔiːt, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *ʔit ~ *ʔiit ~ *ʔiət, cognate with Muong ét, Western Lawa ʔɛt, Phong-Kniang ʔeːt, Koho it (“little”) and possibly Khmer អាត់ (ʼat, “small, tiny”). Compare ét.

Compare also the Sino-Tibetan root that gave rise to Chinese 一 (OC *ʔi[t], “one”) (B-S), Chepang यात्‌ (yat, “one”).

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔit̚˧˦]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔit̚˦˧˥]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ʔɨt̚˦˥]

Determiner

ít • (𠃣)

few, little
Antonym: nhiều

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