chuột

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Vietnamese

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Etymology

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From Middle Vietnamese 𤝞 (chuọt, mouse), from Proto-Vietic *k-ɟɔːt. Cognate with Arem kaɟuət. See also Khmer ជូត (cuut, Year of the Rat) (whence also Thai ชวด (chûuat) through Old Khmer), which is a loan from a Vietic language.

For the "biceps" sense, compare the parallels in Latin mūsculus (muscle, literally little mouse) and Ancient Greek μῦς (mûs, mouse; muscle).

The computing sense is a semantic loan from English mouse.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(classifier con) chuột (𤝞)

  1. murid, rodent in the family Muridae
    Hyponyms: chuột nhắt (mouse), chuột cống (rat)
    bẫy chuộttrap to catch rats or mice
  2. (in compounds) rat-like animal
    Hyponyms: chuột đồng (vole), chuột chù (shrew), chuột chũi (mole), chuột túi (kangaroo)
  3. (anatomy, colloquial) biceps
  4. (electrical engineering, of a fluorescent light set) a starter
  5. (computer hardware) a mouse

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