ướp

Vietnamese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Verb

ướp • (押, 浥)

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

Derived terms

Derived terms

tẩm ướp
ướp xác
xác ướp

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