húp

See also: hup and hụp

Vietnamese

Etymology

From Proto-Mon-Khmer *haap ~ *hup ~ *huup ~ *ʔuup (“to eat”); cognate with Mon ဟာပ် (hap, “to eat”), Shwe Palaung ဟာပ် (“to eat (curry)”), Koho hup (“to eat”), Khasi kahup (“to gulp, gobble”) and Khmer ហូប (houp, “to eat”).

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [hup̚˧˦]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [hup̚˦˧˥]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [hʊp̚˦˥]

Verb

húp • (吸, 𠾀)

1. to slurp (a watery dish)

Anagrams

• phú