mút

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [mut̚˧˦]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [mʊk̚˦˧˥]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [mʊk͡p̚˦˥]
• Homophone: múc

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From Proto-Vietic *c-ɓuːc, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *ɓuc ~ *ɓuuc. Cognate with Muong búch and Proto-Palaungic *ɓuːc (“to suck”).

mút • (嚜, 𡃙)

1. to suck (on a piece of candy, etc.); compare hút (“to suck up a drink, usually with a straw”)

   kẹo mút ― a lollipop

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “from a form of 末?”)

mút • (𫽑)

1. tip, extreme end

   hai đầu mút của cây tăm ― the two tips of a toothpick

From French mousse.

mút

1. sponge; foam

   miếng mút lau bảng ― a sponge for cleaning board

2. hair mousse