nọc

See also: noc, NOC, noć, nóc, nốc, and noč

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Proto-Vietic *nɔːk (“stinger (of insect); venom”). Possibly related to chọc (“to prick, to puncture”) (Alves, 2015) through an infixed form.

Attested with the meaning "stinger" (Portuguese ferrão, Latin aculeus) in Middle Vietnamese in the Dictionarium Annamiticum Lusitanum et Latinum.

Noun

nọc • (毒, 蝳)

  1. venom
    nọc ong/rắn ― bee/hornet/snake venom
    lấy nọc rắn ― to milk a snake
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Etymology 2

Equivalent to the noun derivative of chọc (“to poke; to thrust”). Derived from the same verb as of etymology 1.

Noun

(classifier cái, cây) nọc • (𣕬)

  1. stake, pile (large stake)

Etymology 3

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “from sense 'stake'?”)

Adjective

nọc

  1. (of livestock) breeding male
    heo/lợn nọc ― breeding male pig
    bò nọc ― breeding bull

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