dính

Etymology
Cognate with 🇨🇬 [Mày] patĭŋ³ (Babaev & Samarina, 2018).

Formally, this looks like a causative prefixed (Proto-Vietic prefix ) derivative of a root. This root is probably of Sinitic origin and related to the modern Sino-Vietnamese morpheme, i.e. "to make fixed" or "to cause to be fixed". Another possibility is that the root is related to instead.

Verb

 * 1) to stick; to glue
 * 2)  to be involved in

Adjective

 * 1) sticky; gluey