ngủ

See also: ngu, ngú, ngù, ngũ, ngū, ngữ, ngư, and ngự

Vietnamese

Etymology

Borrowed from Kra-Dai, compare Proto-Kra *ŋuᴮ (whence Baha ŋu¹¹ (“to sleep”)) and Proto-Hlai *hŋuːɦ (“to sleep, to lie down”) (whence ŋow²~kaw²~kʰoː²~kɔː² across modern lects).

Some of the conservative Vietic languages (namely, Thavung) use the cognates of the Vietnamese word nằm (“to lie”) with semantic extension to "to sleep", along with "to lie".

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ŋu˧˩]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ŋʊw˧˨]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ŋʊw˨˩˦]

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Verb

ngủ • (㬳, 𥄭, 𥄬, 𪿀)

1. (intransitive) to sleep

   đi ngủ ― to go to bed/sleep

   ngủ gật/gục ― to doze

   ngủ trưa ― to nap at noon

   ngủ nướng ― to sleep in

Derived terms

Derived terms

• ăn ngủ
• buồn ngủ
• ngủ gục
• ngủ ngày
• ngủ ngáy
• ngủ nghê
• ngủ nướng
• phòng ngủ
• túi ngủ