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VietnameseEdit
EtymologyEdit
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".
PronunciationEdit
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ŋu˧˩]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [ŋʊw˧˨]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [ŋʊw˨˩˦]
Audio (Hồ Chí Minh City) (file)
VerbEdit
- (intransitive) to sleep
Derived termsEdit
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