mọc

From Proto-Tai *ʰmoːkᴰ (“fog; mist”), from Old Chinese 霧 (OC *moɡs, *moːŋ, “fog; mist”). Cognate with Thai หมอก (mɔ̀ɔk), Lao ໝອກ (mǭk), Lü ᦖᦸᧅᧈ (ṁoak¹), Shan မွၵ်ႇ (màuk), Tai Nüa ᥛᥩᥐᥱ (mǒak), Ahom 𑜉𑜨𑜀𑜫 (mok), Zhuang mok, Nong Zhuang moag or mog, Saek ม̄อก.

• IPA^(key): /mɔk¹¹/

mọc

1. fog, mist

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [mawk͡p̚˧˨ʔ]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [mawk͡p̚˨˩ʔ]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [mawk͡p̚˨˩˨]

From Proto-Mon-Khmer *mɔk ~ *mɔɔk (“to emerge”); cognate with Khmer មក (mɔɔk, “to come, come near, approach”) and Old Mon mok (“to appear”).

mọc • (木, 𠚐, 𬎳)

1. (of a plant) to shoot out of the soil

   Tre già, măng mọc.

   Bamboos get old, bamboo shoots shoot.

2. (of zoological hair, nails, teeth, feathers, claws, lumps, pimples or botanical roots) to start to grow, extend or expand
3. (of animals) to start growing hair, nails, teeth, feathers, claws, lumps, pimples

   Bé mới mọc răng.

   The baby just grew a tooth.

   mọc mụn đầy mặt ― to have pimples/acne all over one's face

4. (of the sun) to rise

   Mặt trời mọc đằng đông, lặn đằng tây.

   The sun rises in the east and sets in the west.

• mọc rễ
• lặn

According to folk etymology: derived from the name of the Kẻ Mọc area (tên Nôm of the Nhân Mục (仁睦) villages) in current-day Hanoi, where the dish bún mọc is said to originate.

• mộc

(classifier cục, viên) mọc • (𦙣)

1. (cooking) meatballs served in some noodle dishes

• cọm