FromProto-Vietic*kəc ~ *kɨc, fromProto-Mon-Khmer*ʔic ~ *ʔiə[c] ~ *ʔ[ə]c. Cognate withVietnamesecứt(“shit”).

For the semantic development, compareMalaytahi besi,Javaneseꦠꦲꦶ(tai),Burmeseသံချေး(samhkye:),Chepangखय(khəy), all mean "rust".

The original meaning was taken over byé, a cognate ofVietnameseỉa(“to shit”), and is now both a verb and a noun.

• IPA^(key): /kec⁵/

kếch

1. (Mường Bi)rusted;rusty

• Nguyễn Văn Khang; Bùi Chỉ; Hoàng Văn Hành (2002),Từ điển Mường - Việt (Muong - Vietnamese dictionary)‎^[1], Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Văn hoá Dân tộc Hà Nội.

• (Hà Nội)IPA^(key): [kəjk̟̚˧˦]
• (Huế)IPA^(key): [ket̚˦˧˥]
• (Saigon)IPA^(key): [kəːt̚˦˥]

kếch

1. (colloquial)huge;enormous

• kếch xù

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