thốt nốt

Vietnamese

Etymology

Shorto proposes that this may have been loaned from Khmu, by comparing its element thốt with Thin Khmu [script needed] (tŭt) & Yuan Khmu [script needed] (tu:t, “plant, tree, trunk, stem”);[1] however, Hoàng Xuân Việt (2006) proposes that this is from Khmer ត្នោត (tnaot).[2] Ultimately from Proto-Mon-Khmer *tn(oo)t ~ tnu(u)t (“sugar palm”); another cognate is Central Mnong tɒ:m no:t.[1]

The cluster-breaking mechanism, responsible for doublet thằn lằn "(lizard") of trăn ("python") (< *k-lən < *tlan (“python”)) (see Trần Trọng Dương, 2013) might also have broken cluster *tn- in proto-form of as well.

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [tʰot̚˧˦ not̚˧˦]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [tʰok̚˦˧˥ nok̚˦˧˥]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [tʰok̚˦˥ nok̚˦˥]

Noun

(classifier cây) thốt nốt

  1. sugar palm, palmyra palm, wine palm

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Shorto, H. A Mon-Khmer Comparative Dictionary, Ed. Paul Sidwell, 2006. #1019, p. 291
  2. ^ Hoàng Xuân Việt (2006) Tìm hiểu lịch sử chữ Quốc ngữ (in Vietnamese), Ho Chi Minh City: Nhà xuất bản Văn hoá Thông tin, page 217
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