đút lót
Vietnamese
editEtymology
editđút (“to slide/slip”) + lót (“to pad”), perhaps from the literal imagery of "slipping" (đút) money or money envelopes in an "underhand" (lót) way. There's also the phrase đút túi (“to pocket (money)”).
Pronunciation
edit- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɗut̚˧˦ lɔt̚˧˦]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɗʊk̚˦˧˥ lɔk̚˦˧˥]
- (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʔɗʊk͡p̚˦˥ lɔk̚˦˥]