bệt

See also: Appendix:Variations of "bet"

Vietnamese

Etymology

From Middle Vietnamese blẹt (the ‹e› is simply due to de Rhodes's orthography, the vowel was [e], not [ɛ]). Cognate with Vietnamese trệt.

This is one of the cases where medial -l- was lost. Compare Middle Vietnamese mlác (> mác), blỉu (> bỉu).

Pronunciation

Adverb

bệt • (別)

  1. sitting or lying flat or close to the ground, with little intervening as support
    cà phê bệt ― sitting plump on the ground and enjoying coffee
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