bít tất

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

(obsolete) bí tất

Etymology

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 蔽膝 (“ancient knee covering”, SV: tế tất). The obsolete form bí tất is also attested.

The "intrusive" ‹-t› in the first syllable occurred in anticipation of the ‹t-› in tất.

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɓit̚˧˦ tət̚˧˦]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɓit̚˦˧˥ tək̚˦˧˥]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ʔɓɨt̚˦˥ tək̚˦˥]

Noun

(classifier cái, chiếc) bít tất

(Northern Vietnam) sock (covering for the foot)
Synonyms: tất, vớ

đôi bít tất ― a pair of socks
(by extension) stocking

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