mặt
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See also: Appendix:Variations of "mat"
Vietnamese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Vietnamese mặt.
Originally meaning “eye” and is the regular descendant of Proto-Vietic *mat (“eye”), further from Proto-Mon-Khmer *mat (“eye”). Related to mắt (“eye”). The semantic change of “eye” > “face” can also be seen in Muong, most dialects of which use a single form, măt, to mean both “eye” and “face”.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [mat̚˧˨ʔ]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [mak̚˨˩ʔ]
- (Saigon) IPA(key): [mak̚˨˩˨]
- Homophone: mặc (southern Vietnamese)
Noun
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(classifier cái, bộ, gương, khuôn, bản) mặt • (末, 𩈘, 𫖀, 密, 𪾺, 𬰢)
- face (front part of head)
- face (facial expression)
- face (public image)
- face (geometry: bounding surface of a polyhedron)
- face (surface, especially a front or outer one)
- aspect; dimension
- về nhiều mặt ― in many aspects
Derived terms
[edit]Adjective
[edit]mặt
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